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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: geraldhamm30@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:10:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED


Hello
I am Mr.Gerald Hammond. the manager with Biao bank here in Ivory Coast West=
Africa, my branch made excess profit of Euro 26,750.000.00 during the last=
fiscal year, which I placed on Non-Resident account without a beneficiary =
in our bank since i have already submitted 2007 approved end of the year re=
port to our head office. In essence i need a trustworthy foreigner whom wil=
l stand as the original depositor of this fund, so that the fund will be tr=
ansferred to his company or private account immediately.
=A0
I will use my position to influence this project in other to expedite the t=
ransfer by our bank head office. I intend to part with 30% of this fund to =
you as gratification while 70% shall be for me. This transaction is purely =
legal and practically no risks involve, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer.=
=A0=20
=A0
I await your positive reply for more details and the next step to follow.Be=
st regards, Mr.Gerald Hammond.=0A=0A_______________________________________=
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