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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: John Nuruga <johnnurugaadb@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:50:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE:{Spam?} REPLY URGENTLY


MY DEAR,
IT IS VERY SIMPLY TO UNDERSTAND.
YOUR PRICE IS YOUR RIGHT,BUT THIS DAYS WITH THE EXTENT OF TERRIORISM GOING ALL OVER THE WORLD,THERE HAVE BEEN STRICT MONEY CHECK,PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT VOLUME OF AMOUNT,SO' TO BE AT THE SAFE SIDE,WE HAVE TO EMPLOY THE SERVICE OF HIGH REPUTABLE BANKS TO HANDLE IT DIPLOMATICAALY TO AVOID PROVISIONS OF SOME BANK CLEARANCE,SUCH AS ANTI TERRIORIST CERTIFICATE,MONEY LAUNDRY CERTIFICATE,WHICH WILL CAUSE MONEY,INFACT THE BEST METHGOD WAS IMPLIMENTED BY HSBC BANK YESTERDAY BY FIXING THE FUNDS INTO AN ATM CARD AND TO POST IT THROUGH NIGERIA,TO AVOID AIRPORT CHECKING,SO NO TRICK INSIDE THIS PROCESS,KINDLY UPDATE ME ON HOW FAR YOU HAVE GONE WITH ANY OF THIS BANKS.

THANKS


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