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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Nicholas" <nnichpolo06@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:01:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE!!!,










ATTENTION PLEASE!!!,I'm Nicholas Poloskoval(MR), and an investor in one of the bigest oil Company here in MOSCOW. I have a very brief important and private offer for you and i know it will profit us at the end of the day. I am just asking for your partnership to re-profile some offshore investment funds worth over US$32,000,000.00(Thirty Two Million Dollars).This is due to the major problem between the Russiagovernment and (YUKOS OIL). I am constrained however to withhold most of the details for now.This is a legitimate and risk free transaction, if you agreed on the terms you will be offer 30% for "re-profiling and subsequent management of the funds" . If you are interested, please write back to my private email: nichpolo1957@aim.com.Best regards,Nicholas Poloskoval Mr.



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