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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: Adamu A.S <adamua11@msn.com>
Reply-To: <sannohassociate@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:06:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Investment enquiry



Dear Sir,

Compliment of the season. I have a big client name withheld who wants to invest overseas in your country with about US$28.6M. My client is a retired General in the Liberian Army and he needs protection for his family with immediate plans of relocating abroad.

If you have a good investment package/plan, kindly get back to us immediately to discuss, for example the investment plan and agreement procedure.

Kindly reply us with your business profile to enable us link you with our client, also your telephone and fax contacts for easy communication. We shall forward you the information of our client on receipt of your response to deal directly with him. Remain blessed.

Regards
Adamu A.S



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