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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: "mike county" <petname12@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:14:42 +0000
Subject: RE: Email



this is not scam ok, for you to believe what am telling you sir, i will want you to go  and check the ghana customs web site and see if am real person that you are surpose to deal with ok and get back to soon sir. i will send you my pic soon sir for you check ok. now what you need to do now is for you to send me your international pass port copy and where you want the six consignments to be delivered to and your residencial address sir. i wat to hear from you soon sir.

alhaji ahmed koffi.



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

VICTIM-FULLNAME


 



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