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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: "anthony" <anthony1_smith@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:29:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: URGENT!


Dear Agatha,



All modalities are in place for the lawyer to process the documents in your name and change everything to your name as the sole beneficiary of the $15 million, so I will need to know how much you can send so that we can pay the lawyer to start work?



Also you will have to send the information’s that I asked for, the earlier we get the lawyer to start this process, the sooner we will have these funds transferred to your bank account.



Waiting to hear from you.



Yours Faithfully

Anthony

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