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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: paul cola <ppl18cola@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrpaulcola@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:25:46 +0200
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY



PLEASE READ CAREFULLY I AM MR.PAUL COLA,THE BANK MANAGER OF ECO BANK PLC, ENUGU BRANCH NIGERIA.I PICKED INTEREST ON YOU AFTER GLANCING THROUGH YOUR SHORT PROFILE,I DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO DISCLOSE THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE TO YOU.
I WILL LIKE TO DO A VERY BRIEF BUSINESS WITH YOU, THERE IS A DORMANT ACCOUNT IN MY BANK WITH A CREDIT BALANCE OF USD 95,700,000) WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT SINCE 2003. ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT DIED ALSO ON 2003 IN A PLANE CRASH AND THAT HE LEFT NO NEXT OF KIN TO THE ACCOUNT,READ MORE STORIES ABOUT THE CRASH VISITING THIS WEBSITE:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY. AND THEN MY POSITION AS THE BANK BRANCH MANAGER GIVES CLEARANCE FOR ONWARD REMISSION OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. KIND REGARDS,MR.PAUL COLA.

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