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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: John Asuga <jasuga@web.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:40:25 +0200
Subject: Compensation..




My Dear Friend,

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 investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

In appreciation of your earlier assistance to me in receiving the funds, I have decided to compensate you with the sum of $800,000.00(Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in international certified bank cheque which can be collected at any bank of your choice.

In the light of the above, you are therefore, to contact my secretary in Lome - Togo Rep, Mr Anthony abbala, and do send him your contact address where you want the Draft to be sent to you. His e-mail address is:mrabbala@walla.com.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
together after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. So feel free to get in touch with him to send the cheque to you without any delay.


With My Best Regards,
Mr. John Asuga.






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