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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: "CHRISTOPHER WEBBS" <christipherwebbs@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: christopherwebbs@cosmo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15.53.26 +0200
Subject: Real Estate Investment


Good day,

First and foremost i am Christopher Webbs personal assistant to the works and housing minister here in London.
I seek your assistance to invest USD9.3m which i acquired from the ministry ,into real estate/property development.

As a civil servant we are not allowed to send out money abroad
and the government has also placed embargo on serving officials,restricting our movement as well.

I need your co-operation and assistance to invest the said fund confidentially according to your advice with low risk.
This fund is deposited and Registered in a security company as a family Valuables for safe keeping in Europe.
Consequently,i seek for your assistance to invest the fund (Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand Dolas)into subsequent investment in properties in your country,
you will be required to.....

(1) Assist in the transfer of the said fund.
(2) Advise on lucrative area for investment.
(3) Assist us in purchase of properties.
(4) send me your contact details,home address and private telephone/fax numbers.

If you decide to render your service to me in this regard,15% of the total
sum of the above will be for your compensation, and while the rest will be for the investment.


Please if you are interested ,kindly send an email tto christopherwebbs@cosmo.com so as to
provide you with further details.

Yours faithfully,

Christopher Webbs




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