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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: "peter zuma" <pzzuma_11@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:13:56 +0000
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE !


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

How are you I hope fine?

My dear brother, I do not know how to tell you this but what I know is that
this is from by deepest heart and I have all to proof to you that I am
diffrent. I am aware that there are a lot of scammers all over the world
today and this makes the real people sceptical about assisting others. It is
a pithy that we are living in a world that is full of bad and unreal people.
I do not blame you if you have the fears.

Meanwhile, I will like you to send to me your phone numbers to enable me
call you so that we can discuss in details about this.

Best regards,
Peter Zuma

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