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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: peter boteng <peterbonteng@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:28:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: get back to me





Dear Sir
I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE AM FROM GHANA DARFUR.I HAVE A CONSIGNMENT BOXES WITH A DIPLOMATIC CARGO COMPANY IN (ITALY).AND I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLIAM IT AND INVEST IT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
PENDING MY ARRIVAL TO MEET YOU.THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS 12 MILLION DOLLARS.I WANT YOU TO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE DIPLOMATIC AGENT SO THAT YOU CANTACT HIM. AND I WILL SEND TO YOU THE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE LEGAL RIGHT TO CLIAM THE CONSIGNMENT BOX AS MY BENEFECIARY.
REGARDS
Peter



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