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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: mercy dede <mercywhite2007@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:19:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IT'S URGENT


Dear Justin Thyme,

I just received your mail now and i advised the you should not make any payment until you hear from take this instruction seriously ok.the reason is am in ghana presently for an emergency ECOWAS meeting which i will spending 2 or 3weeks thereabout before returning to my home country ok.

I tried calling your # but is busy please get in touch with me with my cell # +233-276-921-547 i we can both proceed i warn for the last time don"t transfer any fund until you speak with me in this # i send to you .And please for confidential reason reasons please discard this my email id:charles_soludo@speedymail.org and all correspondence should take effect with this one i use in replying now.

And for the account the money will be transfer into is no problem because it is ready as i write.

I await your quick reply.

professor soludo charls

Justin Thyme <justin_thyme@inoutbox.com> wrote:
Dear Professor Soludo,

I have now secured the required fees of $50,000 please advise secure bank account details so I can

transfer the funds to you as quickly as possible.

Once that is done can you confirm this will be the final payment I need to make to secure the transfer of

the $25Million into my trust,

If necessary you can call me on my work number - +1 (425)906-3449 - and be patient, if I am on the

phone it will let me know there is a call waiting and put you on hold, I will try and get off the phone as

soon as I can.

yours

Justin Thyme

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