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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: "Mr. G.Udumeje" <gudumeje@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: gudumeje1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 05:17:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: THANKS


I am trusting you and putting my reputation on line, I am GAMUDI UDUMEJE, operational
manager in account management section incharge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in
NIGERIA.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank who died on Wednesday, July 13, 2005;
He was among by London bomb victims identified. You
can go through the website, WWW.CNN.COM/LONDONTERROR.
His name is JAMIE GORDON, Since his death ,I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of his company. The total amount involved is $8,000,000.00 USD [Eight Million United
States Dollar].

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a details nformation about the transaction.
Respectfully yours,

GAMUDI UDUMEJE

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