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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: El-hadji Diaara <el_diaara@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:13:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reminder..


Hello Mr. Amarjit Singh,

It is more than one week since i sent you a reply to your last mail to me, i hope you got the mail. My colleagues at the office are worried at your long silence. The want to know if you are still interested in making this deal. We have agreed to offer you 20% of the money after it must have been transfered to your account. I will like to hear from you to know your decision on making this deal or should we continue with our search for another realible person?

I am urgently waiting for your response ASAP.

Best regards
El_Hadji Diaara.


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