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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: jeffery george <george_chambers_ci@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:12:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: George


Pastor,

I don't understand what you mean by is that my final answer.I answered all your questions to the best of my knwoledge and to the service of mrs Bukah who is paying my legal services I don't have the time to be on one issue all the time If you and your organisation are not interested in her donation I better report back to her thet she should look for some other place to make her donation since its what she wants.Its her money no one has the right to advise her otherwise.It seems we are not making any progress with your organisation.

I expect your last mail. As you can see I'm a very busy man Pastor.

George.




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