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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: "isa_kubuku3@terra.es" <isa_kubuku3@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:31:29 +0100 (MET)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL



GREETING

Accept my apolgies for writting in this mode it is my quest for

assistance that i sought ,I am Mr Isa Kubuku,i have a business

transaction that involves a large amount of money and i need a

relaible person to assist me with this transaction.Can't go into

details because of the CONFIDENTIALITY INVOLVED IN THIS

TRANSACTION.
If interested get back with your private telephone number for

easy and effective communication.I hope i can count on your

confidentiality and honesty.On receipt of your mail i will give

you more details on this transaction.
Regards.

Isa Kubuku.






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