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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: "david corfields" <davidcorfields9@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:19:39 +0000
Subject: ATTN: - Treat As Urgent!

ATTN: - Mr Herimmer,

I just don't want the account which the stated fund is lying to be
confisticated by those coroupt Government officials, so that was why i seek
your help and support for the claim of the fund, and since i have been given
some numbers of days to present the next of kin to the deceased person so i
just have to look for any possible means to seek the help of someone like
you.

Also don't forget that i guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law all
legal document will be secured in your name and send to you also for
reference porpose. Hope this is cleared and i look forward to recieve the
full information about you soonest.

Full Name
Address
Zip code
Country
Phone and Fax number

Hope to read from you soon.


Regards
Barrister David Corfields

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