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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: peterson peterson <petec4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <pdcc1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:59:32 +0100
Subject: CONTACT THEM FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT



Dear Friend, I have registered your Cheque Draft.but the manager of financial trust bank Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it will expire. So I told him to cash $1,5.000.00 US Dollars and all the necessary arrangement of delivering the $1,5.000.00 in cash was made with Premier Diplomatic Courier company Benin Republic. Please write a letter of application to the given address below. Dr.Abraham MartinsEMAIL:(pdcc1@yahoo.fr) I deposited it with african cloth so please, Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you. Note that they did not know the content so dont tell them the content. 1.YOUR FULL NAME----------------------------2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS-------------------------3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER--------------4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE-------------------5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE--------------------------6.YOUR AGE----------------------------------------7.COUNTRY------------------------------------------ Dr Livingstone peterson

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