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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: "wazirisss@terra.es" <wazirisss@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:03:59 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: RE



=20
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISION (EFCC) HAVE SCREEMED THROUGH MONI=
TORING NETWORK, AND WE DISCOVERED THAT YOU ARE THE BENEFICIARY TO THIS FUND=
.THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK=
THE FUND WHICH IS PRESENTLY LODGE IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT. WE HAVE CONFIRMED=
THIS AND WE ARE GOING IN AT ONCE TO MAKE SURE YOUR FUND IS TRANSFERRED WIT=
H IMMEDIATE EFFECT. HOWEVER, IS MR. RALPH STEWART GOSBY YOUR REPRESENTATIVE=
? HE PRESENTED THE BELOW ACCOUNT FOR THE FUND TO BE TRANSFERRED. Account N=
ame: Ralph Stewart Gosby Bank Name: Scotiabank Address: 7 Inglis Place P.O.=
Box 310 Truro Nova Scotia Canada B2N 5C6 Phone No. (902) 895-0591 Fax No.=
(902)893-0351 Account Number: 100330086924 U.S. Dollar Branch: 10033 Insti=
tution: 002 Swift Code: NOSCCATT IS HE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE? WE WANT TO HEAR=
FROM YOU AS FOR US TO AUTHORIZE THE WIRE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND. IF HIS NO=
T YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, SEND US THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY. 1. YO=
UR FULL NAMES, ADDRESS, CELLPHONE NUMBER, HOME PHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER. 2.=
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME, ADDRESS, POST HELD, OCCUPATION AND AGE 3.AMOUNT.THANK=
S FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND WE WAIT YOUR RESPONSE





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