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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: Barbara Johnson <bajohnsx26@yahoo.co.id>
Reply-To: barbajohnson@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:36:09 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: From Mrs Barbara.


>From Mrs Barbara.

My Dear,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which my son Collins
and I, intend to establish in your country.

Though I have not meet with you before but I believe,one has to risk
confidence in other to succeed sometimes in life.There is this huge amount of
($10,000,000.00) million U.S dollars which my late Husband kept for us in a
Bank in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons.

Now I and my son have decided to invest the money in your country or anywhere
safe enough outside this country for bank and political reasons. We want you
to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and
transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes
on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). Transportation
3). Five star hotel

If you can be of assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 15% of
the total funds. I await your soonest response at for
security reasons.

Respectfully yours,

Mrs. Barbara Johnson



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