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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "fiduciaryagent_roni" <fiduciaryagent_roni@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:47:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: UPDATE


Hello,

How are you today? I want you to know that this lottery is for real, it is not a spam. And it is my duty as the fiduciary agent to attend to winners, so to enable the verification department verify your claims to ensure that you are not impersonating which is very common today is the reason why the board has introduced the claims verification and declaration form . So you will be required to fill the form below before you won prize can be remitted to you if not we will asume you to be an impersonator. Endeavor to get in touch with us with response rather than keeping us waiting.

Have a nice day

Roni Michael and Associates

1. FULL NAMES:2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:3. SEX:4. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:5. MARITAL STATUS:6. OCCUPATION:7. E-MAIL ADDRESS:8. TELEPHONE NUMBER:9. FAX NUMBER::A. BATCH NUMBER:B. REF NUMBERS:C: LUCKY NUMBER:D: BONUS BALL NUMBER:10. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL11. AMOUNT WON:12. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:13. NEXT OF KIN NAME AND ADDRESS:14:DATE NOTIFIED 15:NAME OF LOTTERY





DECLARATION: I..............................................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORSEEN CIRCUSTANCE, MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTAL WINNINGS. (OVERSEAS SUBCRIBERS AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.

DATE(YOUR FULL NAMES)

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