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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: Sarah Ego <sarah123kuba@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:52:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: i will be happy to hear from you again please


Good day VICTIMNAME

Thanks for your email, I want you to know that this is 100% sure, that you believe me, you would have believed in what I told you before concerning being certain of this fund.

Another thing is that once the fund gets into your account, it will not cause you any problem as long as you never intended to run away with the fund. Please, I want you to confirm when you will arrive here to claim the fund from the security company with the details of the security company, which I will forward to you soon.

Please, I want you to confirm your contact telephone number so that we can talk concerning this matter. However, I want you to also know that I created the email address with the help of the internet administrative worker, so I don’t know much concerning this issue.

I am waiting to hear from you and when you will be ready to come down here so that we can move this fund from the security company and I hope to receive your telephone number so that we can talk.

Thanks and God bless us all.

Yours,
Sarah.





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