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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: Wilfred Sazili <wifrdsazili@inbox.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:59:56 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,



WILFRED LAWFIRM,
N,6E-1 JALAN LABROOY
IPOH, MALAYSIA.
Tel :( + 60-162914089 / 60-146304658 =5D


=20
ATT. PARWEZ ALAM , =20
=20


I RECEIVED YOUR MAIL AND I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS PROGRAMME IS REAL =
AND NOT A JOKE AND IT IS SPONSORED BY TWO MAIN WORLD KNOWN PROMINENT =
PERSONALITIES. =20
=20

HIS HIGHNESS SULTAN OF BRUNEI AND BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT TO ENCOURAGE THE =
USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLD WIDE.ALL WINNERS ARE SELECTED RANDOMLY =
THROUGH A COMPUTER DRAW SYSTEM. =20


ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO FORWARD A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR =
ANY OTHER IDENTIFICATION ID COPY, FOR CONFIRMATION AND TO FACILITATE THE =
RELEASE AND DELIVERY OF YOUR CHEQUE TO YOUR NOMINATED ADDRESS.=20


BEST REGARDS AND CONGRATULATIONS, I WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS =
SOON AS POSSIBLE.=20

I SEND TO YOU ONE OF MY IDENTIFICATION ID CARD,


BARRISTER WILFRED SAZILI ,=5BESQ=5D

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