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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: dan peter <danpeter_65@msn.com>
Reply-To: <danpeter1@inmail.sk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:59:42 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP



Good Day
My name is Mr. Dan Peter I am one of the senior staff in UBA bank i am in charge of international transaction that going to united state and UK including west-Africa,

I have $18.5 million dollars I want to investment in your country, if you are willing to assist me respond to this email I will give you 20% of the fund after the investment. I got your email address through your country internet search. Respond to this massage as quickly as possible. You can reach me on this number:+ 447023099680 or +447023099681 or better still reply to this email danpeter1@inmail.sk

Best RegardsMr Dan Peters

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