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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: "ChristmàsDelìvery" <cpallister@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "ChristmàsDelìvery" <ytugrbysg@ysgdyyru.il>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:47:30 -0600
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<title>7 Zwerge ::: Der Wald ist nicht genug</title>
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<meta http-equiv=="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<script type="text/JavaScript">
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var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
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function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
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if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

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popup.resizeTo(breite,hoehe);

popup.moveTo(positionX,positionY);
}

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window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}
//-->
</script>
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<td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="570"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px;">&copy; 2006 Zipfelmützen Film, Film & Entertainment VIP Medienfonds 2, Universal Pictures Productions,<br />
MMC Independent, Rialto Film. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;made by novagraphix<br />
<img src="_img/hauptlogos.gif" width="540" height="41" border="0" usemap="#Map2"><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px;">Wir danken:<br>
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