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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: "Suzan Capenter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <suzancapenter@i12.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:11:44 +0100
Subject: Re: THIS IS A GOOD NEWS.


Hello,
My name is Suzan Capenter.
301 40th Ave ,
NE Seattle ,
WA. 98125.
Tel: 206-426-6817

I am writing you because I discovered your information when I was caught
up in a battle of my own .

I was one of those people who was suppose to receive my inheritance fund
from Nigeria. But it came to a time that i was tossed around and i was
made to pay a huge some of money, because of the currupt Officials that i
was dealing with. And at the end i didn't see anything. I lost a great
sum of money by the time they were through with me.

Like many others I was hopping mad. I wasn't getting anywhere trying to
fight it here in the Washington. It seemed like a lost cause. But my joy
was that at the end, i was able to receive my payment through the help of
this Attorney.

I decided to do something about it. Since I have to flown down to Nigeria
and eventually found an Attorney who helped me with my transaction. All i
did was to process an Affidavit from the High Court in Nigeria in respect
of my payment, which he tender to the Bank and my payment was eventually
made.

When i was searching for my information on the transcript that i found in
the Bank, i saw your information listed as one of those that are yet to
receive there payment, so i quickly copy your email address and decided
to contact you.

The attorneys name is Barr. Carl Santus . He is very good at what he does.
Many of these transaction are well known by his office.


If you really need his assistance to receive your payment, you can reach
him on this email address (carlsantus@i12.com). Tell him that you knew
about him through Mrs Suzan Capenter. I hope this information will be
helpful to you and I strongly
encourage you to do your part on behalf of the many families who have
suffered great loss with no compensation or defense.


Yours sincerely,
Suzan Capenter



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