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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: "mike" <barrimaki_hammed@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:58:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Money Transfer


Atten:Mr Belial Ablo,
l understand all you said in your e-mail and i want to thank you for everything.what i want you to know is that everything is going to work out fine as been planned alright.all i need from you is urgent responds to transfer the consignment to you.that was why your banking details will be needed to get everything going on well ok.
what i need you to do now is tell me when you are making the payment for the transfer of the consignment so that we can get work started ok.
Best Regards.
Barr Norton.

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