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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: "awh global" <awh2010glo4@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:06:28 +0000
Subject: URGENT


Hello, I will be quick and direct to the point. I am David Alistair, a broker based in the U.K. for a number of growing firms based in Asia involved in Imports/Exports of products and industrialized goods. Your email address was selected through a specialized mail-marketing request made possible through associations and unions and based on your location in which you currently reside in the North America. As a middleman, my job is to search for representative who can help us establish a medium of getting to the customers of our clients in the Canada/America and Europe as well as making payments through the representative from the company. Get paid on commission from 7% and up to 15%. Minimum guaranteed commission will be US$2000 and upwards monthly. With more experience, it could get to US$5,000 monthly. There is no catch or special qualifications.But integrity and honesty is a must. If you think this is something you could do and for more details, send your reply to my private email:david2007al@aol.com Regards, David Alistair.
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