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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: "Handa T-PANDA" <mail@baicon.in>
Reply-To: appreciation@email.bg
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:10:53 +0000
Subject: Victorious is Yours

Dear Sir

I am sorry and apologize for the silence and bridge in communication between you and my mother; I want you to understand that my mother is now receiving medical treatment in India.

Due to your delay in claiming the funds, the consultant contracted an Indian American who devoted his interest and due effort to make sure that the funds was transferred to his account for the investment as earlier negotiated after clearing the dual government taxes. He is making arrangement to relocate us into USA as he wants me to be his son suitor so we can base in the USA perhaps the investment project is sited in the India so he will manage the project.

My mother told him of your effort and the promise she made to God because of you so to accomplish it, they agreed 5% of the US$7,500 000. 00 be assigned to you while 5% be assigned to destitute and churches so at your convenient time, you may contact the consultant through their email on his email below:

NAME: SANTEX SANCHEZ
EMAIL: appreciation@email.bg

You have to write him on the above email for collection of your quota but make sure you include the below so they will attend to you accordingly else they might ignore your letter.

*Your Full Names
*Your Telephone and Fax Numbers
*Your Recent Resident Address
*A CODE - Appreciation 375

Make sure that the above CODE is included on the SUBJECT LINE for immediate recognition by their management to avoid embarrassment but make sure you cooperate with them…At the moment, my mother has no access to telephone and internet as she is being restricted to it until she get back to her feet so this has made her request me to try visit public cyber café to send across this message.

Yours truly,
Handa T-PANDA


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