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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: "Emmanuel David" <emmanueldavid7@mailbox.hu>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:56:01 +0400
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY


Dear Sir,



With due respect and honor, am Emmanuel David who is the only Son of my late
father (Dr.Solomon David), who has been assassinated 2years ago, while he
left me, my mother and kid sister behind.



Recently, we discovered that my late father left some money in a security
company, which is deposited with my name as his next of kin.



I am contacting you, for your urgent aid to help me secure the money in your
country for a very good investment that I with my mother and Kid sister will
benefit from.



We have agreed to give you 30% of the total money after the whole
transaction must have been concluded.



Please show your interest by replying back for more official updates.



Emmanuel David

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