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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: Mrs Gloria Attah <mrsgloriaattah1902@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrsgloriaattah@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:03:58 -0400
Subject: Good Day



Good Day,I am Mrs. Gloria Attah, the wife of Late Mr. Timothy Attah, the former commander of Ancient Kumasi Village on Gold Sales and Mining. I am contacting you because I have a very good investment matter that I have been seeking from Abroad. My late husband was the former commander of the Gold district in his village and before his death on the 13th December 2006 he left the sum of US$10.5Million in a local bank here for I and our two children knowing too well that his position is a risky one because of high demand of gold, sales and attackers from the western world and native people surrounding him.He made this money from private sales and diversion of pure gold with his America friend Mr. Christopher Yoris who I have been trying to contact right now without success. I am contacting you so that you will help receive the funds in your bank account and invest them.I have resolved to give you 35% of the total worth if you will help us claim the funds from the local bank and invest our share of the funds in your country into any good moving business where the government will not take much tax from the total sum. Please, what you have to do now is to send your contact telephone, including address to me and I will contact you so that we can talk in details concerning this. As soon as I hear from you, I will send you my telephone number and what you have to do next.Hope to speak with you soon. Please reply me back at:(mrsgloriaattah@myway.com) Yours,Gloria Attah
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