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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: "prince services" <prince_services6@klikni.cz>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 10:37:38 +0200
Subject: Your money through ATM Card/compensation


*Your money through ATM Card/compensation*
**
*Dear ,

My Dear friend, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Bolivia.

Presently I'm in Bolivia 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.

Now contact my secretary in Rep. of **Benin** his name is: Mr. Eddy Douglas
E-mail: **eddydouglas_services3@yahoo.com*<http://us.f635.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=eddydouglas_services3@yahoo.com>

*Ask him to send you the total of $1,000,000.00 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 Mr. Douglas and instruct
him where to send the amount to you through ATM Card.

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

Regards,
MR. Ransome Kuti*

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