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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: "charles russeil" <alkadelli@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:14:00 +0100
Subject: RE:

hello ,anne was a short form of annemarie ,I am yet to receive your phone
number ,The next step is for you to send me the follwing information so i
can keep these on the company record.A file will be opened immediately for
you .

First name:
Last name :
Full Address :
Tel numbers:
Sex :
Date of birth :
Are you employed/self employed?
Do you have a checking account?Bank name
Best means of communication?email/phone

So all I need is to do is to give the payees the necessary information to
make payment.Your information will not be shared ,You can receive money
orders, checks, or bank transfers for the company ,you are entitled to 10%
of all payments u receive and the reaming 90% is sent back to the company or
in some cases sent to other clients the company owes

Hope to get a favourable reply ,
have a lovely day

charls russeil.

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