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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: "kalon mane" <kalonmane002@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kalonmane_1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:32:21 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE.....

Dear sir,

I am contacting you for a possible investment partnership in your area of specialisation or any other lucrative investment you may wish in your country or else where in Europe,Asia or America soley on your advice,as i am not experinced in investment,for the reasons that i was retired a civil servant.
However, I have a subsential funds for investment purposes. I shall not disclose the said amount until you have showed serious interest to help me secure this funds to your country's oversea's account,due to the nature of the funds which requires maxium security.pls if you are interested kindly let me know.

Yours faithfully,
Mr kalon mane.




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