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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: kenbanjo kenbanjo <kenbanjo2002@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:47:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VERY VERY URGENT
















Dear Frau Schwatzer,
Thank you for your mail and question,you can do this business as a council employee,i am a ghanian from west african region and i am 56 year old working with opec as i have explained to you before in my first proposal and now that i have answered you question please i will like to have the nedessary information from you to enable me move into action.

hoping to hearing from you.
best regards
KEN BANJO














Clarimonde Schwatzer <clarimonde2029@mozartmail.info> wrote:

Hello my friend!

Can you also answer me this: am I really allowed to do this as I am a council employee?

Kindly inform me some information about you: what is your age precisely?

Hopefully I crave to read a hospitable reply from you as soon as possible.

kind wishes,

Frau Schwatzer

Note: You should be informed that the phone number you gave kept failing. Please give me a proper number.

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