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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: "jessica Lewis" <jessicalewis868@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:09:36 +0000
Subject: Urgent!! Please Help Me

Dear Joe,

I am receiving emails from this company in Abidjan. Please check it out for
fraudulences and get back to me as early as possible.

Mr. Antonio Gomes
Operational Manager
Omega Cargo Security Inc
Rue Jardins Lot 102 II Plateaux
Abidjan Cote D’ Ivoire
Tel: +22508551735
Fax; 0022521341457
omegacargo@yahoo.fr
and this email also
omegacargosinc@consultant.com

Also accompanying these, is Mr. Donald Bako Richmond, any information you
can find on these people will help me very much.

Thank You in advance and you can reply me at jessicalewis868@hotmail.com

Jessica

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