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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: "Mrs Farida Waziri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.faridawaziri@live.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:13:50 +0700
Subject: YOUR DELAY FUNDS

GOOD DAY

MY NAME IS MRS.FARIDA WAZIRI THE NEW ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON IN NIGERIA,I HEREBY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT,ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION, UNITED NATION ECONOMIC FOR EUROPE,EUROPEAN UNION,RESERVE BANK OF INDIAN,AFRICAN UNION FINANCIAL REGULATORY OFFICE (AUFRO) HEARD A MEETING ABOUT THE IMPOSTER AND SCAMMERS.I HEREBY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT,IF YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED BEFORE OR YOUR FUND IS PENDING,YOU ARE ADVISE TO CONTACT ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET YOUR FUND RELEASE.

REGARDS

MRS.FARIDA WAZIRI
EMAIL:mrs.faridawaziri@live.com

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