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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: "COOL TOAD DE-FACE CLINIC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deface@cooltoad.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:25:12 +0530
Subject: Re: S.S.D SOLUTION/ DARK CURRENCY NOTE TO SPENTABLE MONEYS

Dear Sir/Madam


This is just to inform you that our company can clean out black money
called anti-breeze (stained money) bank notes


We are manufacturer and seller of all sort of chemicals which includes
S.S.D SOLUTION, SUPER AUTOMATIC SOLUTION, VECTROL PASTE and
TEBI-MANETIC SOLUTION, We have different types of chemicals that can
perfectly clean out your deface/black/stacked and dirty currency or
bank notes.


If you have made a kind of currency making business that your money is
stacked we can help you clean the money we have helped a lot of people
all over the world in this matter


we will clean your money on percentage basis


If you really want us to help you in this matter you must understand
the rules and get back to us if you are okay with it


We provide chemicals for anti-breeze bank notes currencies such as us.
Dollar, Euro, Pound, and many local currencies.


Please contact us to discuss how we might help you


Email:deface@cooltoad.com
Telephone:00447010032014


Thanks for your collaboration.
Dr. Church Gate

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