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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: janerichard.peterson@mchsi.com (barr_felix_hernadez@live.com)
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:15:55 +0000
Subject: THIS IS MY THIRD AND FINAL MAIL TO YOU!!!



--
On behalf of the Trustees and
Executor of the estate of Late
Engr. Jugen
Kruger. I once again try to notify
you as my earlier letters were
returned undelivered.I wish to
notify you that late Engr. Juge
Kruger made you a beneficiary to
his WILL. He left the sum of
Thirty Million, One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (30,100.000.00
USD DOLLAR ) to you in the Codicil
and last testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and
unbelievable to you, but it is
real and true.
Being a widely traveled man, he
must have been in contact with you
in
the past or simply you were
nominated to him by one of his
numerous friends
abroad who wished you good. Engr.
Juge Kruger until his death was a
member of the Helicopter Society
and the Institute of Electronic
AND Electrical
Engineers.

According to him this money is to
support your humanitarian
activities
and to help the poor and the needy
in our society. Please if I reach
you as
I
am hopeful, endeavor to get back
to

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