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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 ADIEN4 <dradien44@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jimbana2r@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:40:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MY BROTHER


MY BROTHER THIS IS NOT SCAM YOU CAN LOOK THE SITE OF THE INCIDENT FOR YOUR TO MAKE INQUIRY YOU ARE NOT CONVINCE YOU CAN STOP CONTACTING ME. REMEMBER THE MONEY IS NOT MINE AND NOT YOUR I WANT YOUR TO KEEP IT TOP CONFIDENCIAL EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ASSIST ME. IF YOUR ARE GOING TO ASSIST FORWARD YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, INCLUDE NAME AND THE ADDRESS OF THE BANK WHERE YOU WANT THE MONEY TO BE DEPOSITED. I WANT YOU TO PROMISE ME YOU WILL NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE MONEY IF IT PAID IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT.I WAILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO COLLECT MY OWN SHARE AND INVEST IT THROUGH YOUR DIRECTIVE THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE ON EARTH.LET GOD BE OUR WATCH DOG TILL THE END OF THIS TRANSACTION
GOD BLESS
DR ADIEN JIMBANA



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