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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: debt bureau <idrsb1_nig@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:44:11 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: INFO/REQUEST.




TTENTION; SUZIE,
PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT DUE TO PREVAILING CIRCUMSTANCE, I WISH TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ANY LESS COST EFFECTIVE ARRANGEMENT TOWARDS THE SAFE DELIVERY OF YOUR FUND CONSIGNMENT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE, THUS YOU ARE ADVISED TO CALL ME ON THIS PHONE NUMBER;[234-802-6825752] SO THAT YOU COULD BE ADVISED AND INFORMED ON THIS .
DO AT ONCE EMAIL ME YOUR CORRECT MAILING ADDRESS DEVOID OF P. O. BOX YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER AND ACCOUNT INFO SO THAT I CAN REACH YOU. DO DISREGARD ANY OTHER MAIL OR DIRECTIVE OUTSIDE THIS.
WAITING TO PROCEED.
YOURS SINCERELY,
JONES MANZA.



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