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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: Anthony Raymond <anthonyzray9@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:57:11 +0100
Subject: Feel free to contact my secretary in Benin Republic



>From Dr Anthony RaymondCotonou Benin RepublicDear Friend,
I did not forgot you niether forgot your past effort and the attemps you made to assist me during the time I was struggling to transfer some huge amount of money to abroad, now I'm happy to inform you that i have suceeded in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of my new partner from London.
Now Contact my secretary and ask him for your($1.2M USD) for your compensation for your past effort to assist me, Contact my secretary at benin His,name is MrTerry MikeEmail( terrymk2006c@yahoo.fr)phone +229-93800985
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 because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, 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 Terry, he will send the amount $1.2M USD. to you without any delay.
RegardsDr Anthony Raymond

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