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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.Derrick Springs" <drderricksprings2004@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:03:22 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Dr.Derrick Springs


Thank you very much for your response.

The US$15 Million is part of the total amount of US$75 Million that you shall retrieve from a Security Firm.

The funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with any form of illegality.It is the proceeds of Diamond Sales by a client (a widow) who lost her life to a terminal illness leaving a young kid behind.

Your responsibility is to retrieve the funds from the Security Firm holding the funds and invest it in sectors of your economy that is profitable so that the kid will have something to fall back on when he comes of age.

The US$15 Million is your share for your assistance in this transaction and its necessary that you handle it with absolute confidentiality and secrecy.

This transaction is 100% risk free as everything will be done in accordance with the law.

If you are capable of handling this amount of money then reconfirm your information as illustrated below:

Full Name:

Physical Address:

Telephone:

Mobile:

Fax:

Age:

Occupation:

As soon as the above stated information is received,I shall send you all the relevant information that will enable you receive the funds from the Security Firm.

Regards

Dr.Derrick Springs


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