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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: Oliver Ada <adaoliverza2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Dear Helga Bosch,

I got your mail and the content.I want you to know that this mail that i am writting to you is out of my office work but i am doing it because i have seen that you are nervous.

I want to assure you that the selection of the winners is made randomly unfortunately your e-mail is among those selected as the winner of the Microsoft Internet Explorer users.So all you need to do is to submit your details and claim your prize and you have to act fast before they will terminate your prize and forward it to the next lottery coming up.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best regards,

Oliver Ada(mr)
ClaimsDepartment.


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