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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: "Mr. Hector Jamon" <jamopp@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hhjbox@myway.com
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:10:49 +0000
Subject: How are you?

I am contacting you for a business transaction involving money transfer of
GBP £36,759,000(Thirty Six Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Nine Thousand
Pounds Sterlings).

I am working in a bank here in London and I feel quite safe dealing with you
in this important business, Hoping that you will contact me at your earliest
convenient for a possible business deal involving money transfer of GBP
£36,759,000(Thirty Six Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Nine Thousand Pounds
Sterlings) to your account.

With your sincere assistant and co-operation,I have determined to work this
deal out with you , if we can do business.As at this moment,I am constrained
to issue more details about this business until your response is received.

If you are not familiar with the above information,please take a moment of
your very busy schedules to read about it and send your response.This deal
is worth taking , highly profitable and 100% legit.
I will provide all necessary information needed to get this transaction done
and i know that this message will come to you as a suprise as we don't know
ourselves before,but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.

Thank you for your time and attention,I am waiting for your immediate reply.
Warmest regards,
Mr. Hector Jamon

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