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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: "Daniel Lakele Zuma" <danielkalas@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:11:47 +0000
Subject: RE:Update

Dear VICTIMNAME,

I am in receipt of your mail and the same time wish to express my sympathy
about your last expirence you had from Cote d'Ivoire.Is good at times for
somebody to see what he or she is investing on before paying any money to
anybody.Even i myself are also being skeptical about who and whom to do this
business with considering what is happening around the world today.If you
are interested in going into business with me then i can give you more
details on how to get this transaction started because all the relating
documents are with me.Can I also trust you?

Please get back to me as soon as possible and remain blessed.

Bestb regards,

Daniel. L.Zuma

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