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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: Mrs Nancy Johnson <nancyjohnson401@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: nancyjohnson_2009@fastermail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:23:15 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Mrs.Nancy Johnson


Dear Friend,

I know that this letter might be a suprise to you but do consider it as an emergency. I am Mrs.Nancy Johnson, from Harare,Zimbabwe, 57years old and I presently reside here in Dakar,senegal with my only son Kennedy due to the political unrest in our country.I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in my country Zimbabwe , but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.I will be very glad if you can accept to lead us to the right channel by means of your assistance to transfer and inestment of our fund in a safer political economy,we are here in Dakar senegal because of the fund $7.3 million my late husband deposited in the finance house which we want to transfer out from here to your country for investment.Please i will like you to contact me through my private e-mail box for further clarification.Please we are ernestly anticipating your kind assistance.

I do hope to hear back from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.
Mrs.Nancy Johnson and son Kennedy.

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