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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. Vivian Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentnewson@doitrightservices.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:44:01 +0700
Subject: CONTACT THE RIGHT PERSON FOR YOUR FUNDS

Hello Friend

I am Mrs. Vivian Jones; I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside here in New Braunfels Texas . My residential address is as follows.108 Crockett Court . Apt 303 , New Braunfels Texas , United States , am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I was one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $20,000 while in the US , trying to get my payment of $1,500,000.00 all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, and I was directed to meet Dr. Chris Dawn, who is the member of THE COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He told me that whoever is contacting us through emails are fake. He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment and i was paid after 2 days after procuring some Legal Documents whch Mr Chris assisted me to Obtain with just the sum of $270. Right now I am the happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $1,500,000.00 Moreover, Dr. Chris Dawn showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you.. I will advise you to contact Dr. Chris Dawn.

You have to contact Mr Chris for your Payment directly on this information below.

JOAKIN COMPENSATION HOUSE
Name: Dr. Chris Dawn
Email: agentnewson@doitrightservices.co.uk
Tel: +234-8027924725

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing. The only money I paid after I met Dr. Chris Dawn was just $270 for the paper works/Legal Documents, take note of that.

As soon as you contact him he will send you the payment information which you are to use in sending the payment to him in order for him to obtain the documents from the court of law there in Nigeria so that your fund can be transfer to you without any delay just the way mine was being transferred to me.

Send him the following details if you know you are ready to get your Fund and also if you are ready to make the payment for the Paper works/Legal Document that will effect the Release and Transfer of your Fund, Dr. Chris is not a time waster, as soon as he receive your information he will send to you the payment details for sending him the $270 USD that is needed for him to get the document that is needed to make the transfer a successful one without any further payment.

Fill Out the information to him if you are ready to get your fund and also ready to make the payment of the $270 needed for the paper works/Legal Documents that will effect the Release and Transfer of your Fund to you .

Your Full Name……
Direct Phone……
Country.................
Occupation……..
Gender.........
Age..............

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Dr. Chris Dawn so that he can help you to deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Vivian Jones.
108 Crockett Court . Apt 303,
New Braunfels Texas , United States



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