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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: Christina Thompson <cmthompson@ualr.edu>
Reply-To: mrs_hellendavid1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:26:07 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR PAYMENT I MADE FOR YOU





Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the co-
operation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an
international business man.

resently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with
my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring
those funds despite that it failed us some how.

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Now contact my secretary,
her name and e-mail is:
Name: MRS.HELLEN DAVID (BAR)
Send Mail TO: mrs_hellendavid@hotmail.com
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Ask her to send you the check that i had written for
$2,000,000.00us dollars (Two Million US Dollars)
with the gift items inside it which I kept for your
compensation for all the efforts to assist me in this
matter. I really appreciated your efforts then.

Finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to my
secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel
free to get in touch with MRS.HELLEN DAVID and
he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Best Regards.



Dr.Christina Thompson


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