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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: "Dr.Jeffery Hill" <drjefferyhill30@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:26:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Indicate your willingness



Hello,

I recieved your email and i will make it clear to you that i do not like the way you communicate.Dose that mean you have not heard about the political problem in my country.Please my proposal is compleatly different and has no connection what so ever with what you was saying in your email.Please read my proposal and get back to me,if you are intrested i will inform you on the procedures of the transfer.

Hill.



Is this a spam or is this the real thing. I need to know for sure, I
don't want to get scammed again.

What do I need to do



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