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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: "kenkeluo2@terra.es" <kenkeluo2@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:43:20 +0100 (MET)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IMMEDIATLEY



Atten:My Dear,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently I'm in paraguay for nvestment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts andattempts to assist me in transferring those fundsdespite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary,his name is Mr john william Email Address
johnwilliam224@yahoo.co.uk ask him to send you the total $800.000.00 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your collective efforts at that time so feel free and get in touch with my secretary MR john william and instruct him where to send the amount to you by recomfirming your address to him as it is bellow.

your full name......
age................
sex.................
home address........
office address.......
phone number..........
fax...................
country location......

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I am very busy here in
Paraguay because of the investment projects which
myself and the new partner are having at hand without confrontations, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with MR john william my secretary he will send the amount to you without any delay.
Thanks.

Your regards.

KENKELUO







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