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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: DEBT MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY <debtmangr_recongr@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 02:16:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT


Attention: Isana Jaeg,

All i know is Nigeria transfer laws as i am not familiar with EU money transfer laws. You are supposed to be familiar with that as you are from that part of the world. All i know is that as soon as your banking details are received, we will start off with the the transfer of your fund to your account.

You will be informed of all the details involved as soon as we receive your banking details. If you still want to receive your fund through cheque, we will also inform you on what next to do as regards that. All due processes must be observed.

As per my professional qualification, i studied business management specializing in debt management and recovery. I am heading this establishment which is under the ministry of Finance here in Nigeria.

All the files in my table have been cleared remaining yours and we are closing this by Thursday next week.

Get back to me with your banking details or how you want to receive your fund as to enable me start off with your transfer processing.

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