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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: rachelle ouma <rachelle_ouma@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:10:57 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE : Re: be fast sir.


Dear servant of God,

In called the security company director and he told me that the money is for the change of beneficiary to your name and the certificate of origin from when the box came from and its contents valued, but the security company does not know the content of the box as it was registered as family valuables as I told you in time past.

The amount was not the total cost to bring the consignment to you. But for change of beneficiary (repeated) and you know too well that these two documents are very vital only to make you the rightful owner of the box.

So it means that you are the one delaying the transaction?

God bless you sir,

Rachelle.


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