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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: "Mrs Doris Robert" <robertsfarming@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drussel04@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:02:09 +0000
Subject: RE: INVESTMENT

ATTN:

Dear Sir,

RE: INVESTMENT

I introduce myself as Mrs Doris Russel .
Iam from Zimbabwe one of the south Africa countries.
Iam contacting you because of the investment i want to make in your country.
I lost my husband during the time the white farmers were been killed in
Zimbabwe. My husband Mr Robert Russel was one of the victim.
He left with me the the sum of US$4.5 million dollars in one of the security
company in Europe.

I was adviced by my attorney that I should invest with the funds than
keeping it idle without yeilding any profit.

That the only profitable way is to make investment with the monies.
As i am contacting you, if you are interested to assist me invest in your
country, what i need to proceed, is your contact telephone/ fax numbers to
communicate with you.

I await your prompt reply.

Best regards,

Mrs Doris Russel

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