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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: "James Atkinson" <jamesnon@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:06:43 +0000
Subject: Contact My Secretary Is Urgent,


Dear Friend

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from paraguay.Presently i'm in Paraguay for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum

meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds
despite that it failed us some how.

contact my secretary,his name is Mr Mike walkerman on
walkerman01@sify.com ask him to send you the total
$800.000.which i kept for your compensation for all
the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very
much. so feel free and get in touched with my
secretary and instruct him where to send the amount to
you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at
th at time. in the moment, i am very busy here because
of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I
had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in
touch with Mr Mike walkerman he will send the amount to
you without any delay.

with best regards,

James Atkinson








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