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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: "henry jone" <jon_boxdesigns@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:37:08 +0000
Subject: SALES ORDER

HELLO SALES
I WILL LIKE TO ORDER SOME ITEMS FROM YOUR STORE SO IWILL LIKE YOU TO GET
BACK TO ME WITH THE PRODUCT SITE SO TAHT I CAN PLACE AN ORDER FORM YOU
STORE I WILL BE PAYING YOU BY MY CREDIT CARD SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO RESAON
WITH MY ORDER SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU DO SHIP TO NIGERIA(23401
)BY CODE SO I NEED YOUR QUILY RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO GET BACK TO ME
THANKS.

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