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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: michael derobert <micheld10@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:50:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello This is real


Dear VICTIMNAME,

Thanks for your email
However i will commence the process to secure the relevant papers to make you
the legal claimants ofthe funds immedaitely.I will also want to know the
kind of business you do and if you capable of handling this situation.

As soon as we secure the relevant documents here and the funds are approved
for release we could liquidate the funds and move it to another Country.

Put your trust in me there is nothing going to happen ok everything will go well ok
please i want you to Get back to me as soon as posible along with you full
details,your telephone number,house address,fax number and your full name.

I wait to hear from you soon

Regards,

Michael Derobert.

Note: Please response back to me on this email address

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