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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: Mrs Rita David <mrsritadavid1100@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: mrs_ritadavid001@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:21 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GOOD NEWS TO YOU


I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT EVERY PROBLEM RELECTED TO YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT HAVE BEEN SETTLE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA .

RIGHT NOW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA HAS APROVED YOUR (15.5M-USD) FOR DELIVERY TO YOU WILL BE RECEIVERING YOUR PAYMENT AS A CONSIGAMENT THROUGH A DIPLOMATIC-COURIER-CARGO-COMPANY

THE ONLY THING THAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TO RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO ENABLE( MR JUDE IBE) ,TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU,

1,YOUR FULL NAME.
2.YOUR I.D CARD
3,YOU CONTACT ADDRESS
4,YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAXT NUMBER

( MR JUDE IBE
TO HIS EMAIL ADDRESS jibe_2008@yahoo.com

FOR EASY COMMUNICATION ON TRANSIT I WILL BE WATING YOUR URGENT MAIL.

THANKS

REGARDS.
MRS.RITA DAVID



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