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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: "jefflambert03@terra.es" <jefflambert03@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:22:34 +0100 (MET)
Subject: I WISH TO SEEK FOR YOUR CONSENT



Hello Dear,Sir/Md

My Name is JEFF LAMBERT. the Director Global Securities and Finance Company London .I need your services in a very confidential mater regarding the transfer of some funds into your personal account for an investment purposes.

Please Note that this will be handled in a very legal manners as i have all the legal documents to back the movement of the funds intoyour account.at the receipt of your prompt reply i will update you with details in regards to this ransaction.

please send your reply to this mail with your full name and private telephione number to my personal email address[ jefflambert57@yahoo.fr]OR call me +44-70111-28919 for mutual understanding

Regards,

JEFF LAMBERT





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