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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: "Lisa Gomez" <solarliz_ventures@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 17:00:01 +0000
Subject: WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR PRODUCTS.

ATTN. SIR

MY NAME IS LIZA GOMEZ FROM BANJUL GAMBIA IN WEST/AFRICA.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CONTACT YOU TODAY FOR A BUSINESS TRANSACTION.I HAVE A CLIENT FROM ANGOLA NOTHERN PART OF AFRICA THAT HAS [$16.5M] SIXTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS CASH DEPOSITED IN ONE OF THE SECURITY HOUSE HERE IN GAMBIA.

MY CLIENT IS LOOKING FOR AN INVESTMENT IN WESTERN WORLD TO GO INTO BUSINESS WITH THIS MONEY.I HAVE TO ADVICE HIM TO GO INTO IMPORTATION OF PRODUCTS LIKE YOURS AND HE AGREED.

PLEASE KINDLY SEND TO ME YOUR PRICE LIST OF YOUR BEST QUALITY PRODUCT SO THAT I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO MY CLIENT FOR MORE CLEARIFICATIONS.

THE NAME OF MY CLIENT IS CAPTAIN FRANKLIN MUNUMU.HE WAS THE FORMER BODY GUARD TO THE LATE GENERAL JONAS SAVIMBI THE REBEL LEADER OF ANGOLA.

I NEED YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATIONS.

PLEASE YOUR URGENT RESPONDS WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

BEST REGARDS.

LIZA GOMEZ





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