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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: Steve Beckam <steve_beckam2004@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: steve_beckam2oo4@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY



Attention:Tibelda.becken,

I beg your pardon and please do not take this honorable bank for granted by insulting us about sending you your won fund because our legal duty is to transfer your winning fund to you which has been instructed from the coca-cola company by the promotion manager of mr.Johnson because you were among the 20 lucky winner of the name that was sent to us to transfer your winning funds to you. ok and if you are not willing or interested to make payment for the cost of your winning transfer, you are urgently required to file for a disclaimer, so that you won prize can be forfeited and retured to the U.K government as an unclaimed winning.

Let us know the Option you choose by E-mailing us.
We look forward to serving you better.

Thanks in Advance.
Steve Beckam.









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