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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: "kima carlos" <kkimmacarlos@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: financialmonitoringunit@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:36:40 -0700
Subject: UERGENT CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE FROM DR KIMA CARLOS.


Dear Sir,
I write to notify you that your payment Contract has of $15.5M been approved
For a transfer through ATM DEBIT CARD, and your name has been regsitered
among the contractor from next week payment.

Following the new Mandate of the Senate Committee panel headed by the new
Senate President over Foreign Payment and Debt reconciliation 2008.Meanwhile
you are hereby to re-confirm the followings:

Full Name
Valid Contact Address
Your Phone Number

When all this details are received from you today then your transfer will be
immediately be credited into your account and you will be forwarded a copy
of the approval letter and a telex report for the payment which you are to
take to your bank for confirmation of the transfer thereafter you can make
withdraw in anywhere in the world.Moreover every statutory obligation has
been ascertained for immediate release of the payment to you but it has to
be after the clearance is done then the approval will granted to you and
your funds will be credited to you.

I wait to receive details from you.
Have a nice day.
Dr Kima Carlos,
Director Financial Intelligence Monitoring Unit.

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