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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: "Mr. Joe Brown" <mr.joegb1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrjoegb@mail.mn
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 00:49:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello..................Get back to me.

Good Day,

The world statistics shows that the economy of your country is great and investment friendly.I have a client that want to invest USD $100 Million,and I want to know, if bylaw your country allow investor to come in.You will be the funds manager. Your reply will be highly appreciated and every other details about the funds will sent to you.You are advise to please reply to: mrjoegb@mail.mn

Best regards.
Mr. Joe Brown


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