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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: tony adams <tdams_2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:56:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: call me asap


Thanks for your email which was well stated and fully understood ,please first of all do not reply us on the order email address you used for your reply please try to use this one that i am now replying you on .

Try as much as possible to call me on this number because everthing is been arranged and i need to speak to you as son as possible to know and brief you exactly on what you should do how much you will get and also let you speak with Madam.

Call me immediately on this number 0207 117 0314 as i will be waiting to hear from you soon .

Adams
Looking forward to hear from you soon


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