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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: A Ahmed <a_ahmed011@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:03:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello


Dear Amarjit Singh,

I'm just recoverying from a brutal accident and to be honest with you i can not really remember what was our last taught of base point so i want you to give me an hint then we can continue. okay
This is not a spam has you rightly asked and i have never done anything on the internet that has to do with spam. And regarding your getting scammed as you did say am assuring you so we can both act with like and hopes for a greater future.
Hope to hear from you soon.



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