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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: "Destiny" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <royal_destiny2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:35:12 +0100
Subject: Tax-refund payment

Tax Commissioners of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States have now established a joint task force to increase collaboration and
coordinate information about abusive tax transactions by signing a Memorandum of Understanding in Williamsburg, Virginia on April 23, 2004.

Tax commission committee report update From the Auditor report of the federal, State and individual tax refunds commission that your name appears among
the slated for tax-refund payment beneficiary of $1.2 Million USD Dollars. This amount is emanated from long period deposit payment of over invoicing of
taxes of by previous administration. Recently, committees have endorsed the above fund to be refunded immediately.
NOTE: News Reference: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=123016,00.html

For instruction and guidance E-mail: royal_destiny2@yahoo.co.jp

Regards,

Mr. Royal Destiny

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