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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: "godwin" <godwin66@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 05:46:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE TAKE NOTE AND CALL ME






























RE: TAKE NOTE AND CALL ME





























ATTN: Amarjit Singh

SIR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR MAILHAS BEING RECEIVED AND WE HAVE MADE ALL VARIFICATION ABOUT THE GENTLE MAN YOU ARE DEALING WITH AT THE CENTRAL BANK MR AFOLABI BUT TO BE HONEST HE IS NOT REAL AND WE ARE TRYING TO TRACK HIM DOWN WITH OUR FORCE AND NEVER YOU SEND ANY MONEY TO ANY ONE ELSE UNLESS I INSTRUCT YOU TO DO SO FOR YOUR PERSONAL BENEFIT AS THE MONEY YOU SENT TO HIM IS GONE .

PLEASE , WHEN WAS THIS MONEY SENT ?, AS WE NEED THE COMPLETE INFORMATION TO TRACK HIM DOWN . ALSO SEND ALL THE DOWCUMENTS RELATING THIS PAYMENT AS THIS WILL HELP US MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PAID AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO GIVE ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FULL ADDRESS .

CALL ME ON 234 -1- 775 - 7451 TODAY FOR US TO DISCUSS.

REGARDS,

DR GODWIN WILLIAMS



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