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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: Dr Johnson Edward <donotreply@snapfish.fr>
Reply-To: utb_johnson2007@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:05:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A VERY URGENT MATTER




FROM:THE DESK OF DR. JOHNSON EDWARD.
DIRECTOR.BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPT.
UTB BANK
LOME-TOGO.WEST AFRICA.
Dear,
I am Dr Johnson Edward, from Togo Republique.I will be very glad if you do =
assist me to download the sum of ( USD$15.8Million)into your bank account. =
I got your contact through a Global Network and i decided to communicate wi=
th you in a good manner.
Details of the deal will be when i hear from you. My email is:(utbjohnson_2=
007@yahoo.fr)
Thanks.
Dr, Johnson Edward.



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Afficher mes photos=C2=A0!

Je vous invite =C3=A0 regarder le(s) album(s) photos suivant(s) :

UTB

Comment afficher les photos :

http://www3.snapfish.fr/getimageforshare/p=3D934131218643455002/l=3D1225669=
42/s=3D230960762/t=3DALB/g=3D139971501/otsc=3DSYE/otsi=3DSALB

1) Consultez le lien ci-dessous pour acc=C3=A9der =C3=A0 Snapfish.

Photos de Dr Johnson
Si le lien ci-dessus ne fonctionne pas, s=C3=A9lectionnez le lien ci-dessou=
s =C3=A0 l'aide du curseur. Ensuite, copiez-le et collez-le dans la barre =
d'adresse de votre navigateur et appuyez sur la touche =C2=AB=C2=A0Entr=C3=
=A9e=C2=A0=C2=BB ou =C2=AB Retour=C2=A0=C2=BB de votre clavier.

http://www3.snapfish.fr/share/p=3D183131218643451892/l=3D122564718/g=3D1399=
71501/cobrandOid=3D1015/otsc=3DSYE/otsi=3DSALB

2) Entrez votre nom et votre adresse e-mail puis choisissez un mot de passe=
. Cela permet d'assurer la confidentialit=C3=A9 de vos photos et d=C3=A9fin=
it votre compte personnel prot=C3=A9g=C3=A9 par un mot de passe sur Snapfis=
h.
3) Si vous cr=C3=A9ez votre compte personnel Snapfish, vous pouvez commande=
r des tirages ou des agrandissements de vos photos au tarif comp=C3=A9titif=
de 0,09 &euro; l'unit=C3=A9. Il suffit de cliquer sur =C2=AB Commander des=
tirages =C2=BB pendant que vous visionnez les photos pour passer une comma=
nde.
4) Vous pouvez aussi commencer par partager mes photos en ligne. C'est une =
excellente fa=C3=A7on de rester en contact avec ses proches.




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