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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: george opiah <george_opiah003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:34:04 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From George


Dear Amarjit Singh

How are you and your family? hope all is well with you all, I have been waiting to hear from since then but you kept silence, Please get back to to enable me to how we can proceed.

And i want to know if your country will be good for investment, Also advice me because i will like to take part of my share and open a company in your country.
so waiting to hear from you, Today is a public holiday in my country and by tomorrow banks will start working so that you will send your application for transfer for approvement, so that the money will be transfer into your bank account which you will provid and please make sure that the account belongs to you because you are the one i know that is why i am trusting you. and you can come down here i will make arrangement for your visa to enable you come to the bank by your self and see everything by yourself and it can only take you after the day of your arrival 2days we will conclude everything and i can also take you to our gold mining site you can as well buy some gold at cheeper price and you can sell in your country and make a lot of money out of it, That is why my country is called Gold cost.

Thanks and GOD bless you and your family,

George opiah


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