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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: "Philip Savimbi" <philipsavim23@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:01:25 +0000
Subject: Happy New Year/ I'm waiting for Reply

Dear Sir,

Compliment of the season to you and your family. I believed that you had a
joyeous celebartion of the New year. Thanks to God for his mercies.

Anyway..i've been expecting your response concerning my last email. But
there is no reply from you either. I have attached my birth certificate and
my international passport for you to see me and also know me. In such a
manner i'm waiting to see you in person or have your profiles for my own
reference. I hope you should understand my reasons?? First of all, we must
know each other in order to build a solid truth on ourselves.

If you really wants to realize the project with me, then i urged you to give
me more details about yourself.

However, i will not hesitate to keep you inform on the next step towards
realizing the project without much delay.

I am looking forward to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely,
Philip Savimbi.

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