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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: "jeffery lucas" <jefferylucas@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:16:32 +0000
Subject: assistance


Dear Sir,

l have told you about myself,am a refugee here in ghana due to the death of
my late father
and l also told you how this fund being deposited by my laate father,all l
need from you is for
you to stand as my foriegn beneficiary who will claim and receive this fund
over,for me to leave
the refugee camp here and meet you over,then you will have %25 for your
assistance and invest
the rest for me in your conutry.

As for the phone number l give you,is working very l am waiting for your
call or please dp send me your cell phone number so l can call you.

please be faithful to us.send your cell phone number down we are waiting.

thanks and God bless you.

best regard

jeffery and sister.

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