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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: "Thomas Bata" <alexanmg@slu.edu>
Reply-To: thamos.bata@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:48:27 -0500
Subject: HELLO


Dear Friend
I am Thomas Bata ,i Am the first son to late Mr.Morris Bata
who passed on to the Great beyond 0n Tuesday, August 24,
2004 in the Siberia Airlines Tu-154 Crash.When the news of
his death got to the office all the staff fled and they took
advantage of looting my fathers property and wealth.I
quickly ran to Ghana with my consignments worth $18million
USD and a box of 20kg of gold which is presently lying down
in the Accra Ghana kotoka Int,Airport and will be delivered
by a reliable pilot who work with a reliable courier company
to you upon your kind and matured
response.
Well,a missionary christain sister who i met here gave me
your contact to contact you that you are a good person who
will assist me toreceive
my consignments for me to come over and start investment
there in your country.I am the only son of my late
father,presently am living with a Rev,father who introduce
me to a diplomat friend of his who work in Accra Ghana and
who will be delivering the consignments to you.
At the moment, I want a dependable top personality who can
invest the consignments for me in a very viable project
outside Africa. He is to
guide me as to what areas to invest as I have done business
but have
always been a technocrat all my life.
Please contact me immediately so that we can discuss the
benefits and what is involved.
Please this is confidential and i will want this to be
secret until this transaction is done and your benefits
remitted to you.
Looking forward to hearing from you here
(thamos.bata@yahoo.co.uk)
Yours Faithfully

Thomas Bata
+233247478553
+233248129422

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