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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: shamsuddeen Usman <suddeen7@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:13:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Your email


My Dear Amarjit,

How are you today? I hope you are fine? I have trusted you so much and I I know that we can work together and be successful. The problem now is that I know you are afriad of scam . I am for real. I am not a scammer. You will be happy if you follow my instructions.

First you will receive the whole amount of $35million into your account. But this will cost you money to receive it. After you have confirmed it ,you can pay for the charges, I believe this will ok by you so that you will know that I am not a fraud star or a scammer. I want the best for you and for myself because I want you to receive the money into your bank account successfully. Upon your response I will proceed for this immediately.

I wait for your urgent response. Please give me your mobile phone number so that I can always talk to you , because you know that easy communication will help us to conclude fast.

Dr. Usman.


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