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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: Dagogo Thomas <dagogothomas@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: thomasdagogo02@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:36:34 -0700
Subject: RESEND THE INFORMATION

Dear Friend,

Sorry for the delay in contacting you again. I was very busy working out all modalities to make this transaction a success.

Please I wish to inform you that your response to my mail came blank except your email so I decided to let you know that I have already promise the bank in spain that i will be bringing the name of the next of kin to my late claim as earlier informed you Kindly reconfirm the below information again,to enable me forward them to the bank for them to contact you.

1, Your Full Name..........
2, Delivery address........
3, Phone number............
4, E mail address...........

Call me on: +447031864550



Regards

Barrister Dagogo Thomas

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