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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: Jp Morgan Chase Bank <jp.morgan80@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: jp.morgan1@virgilio.it
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 18:05:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DIRECTOR JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

DIRECTOR JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
WE WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR OUTSTANDING
PAYMENT OF $9.5M WHICH HAS BEEN WITH OUR CENTRAL PAYING OFFICE JP MORGAN CHASE
BANK NEW YORK CITY HAS BEEN SIGN OUT FOR YOUR PAYMENT. ALSO THE PAYMENT WILL
COME TO YOU VIA ATM CARD.YOU ARE ASKED LAY YOUR FULL INFORMATION'S
CEO.JAMES
DIMON.
REPLYWITH THIS E-MAIL: mr_jamiedimon280@live.com
THANK YOU.

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