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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: "Madlyn Ruch" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:16:36 -0700
Subject: DO YOU HAVE (POS) ?

I need some one to help me charge out money from my customers credit cards and take %5 in every transaction .

Do let me know if you have (POS) Point of Sales? or if you have a friend that has facilities to charge out fund from a credit card, Get back to me immediately and i will provide you the card and Authorization Letter so that you can charge out the money from the card.


Madlyn Ruch

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