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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: "Frank Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dfrank435@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:05:11 +0100
Subject: Re:The surgery will be tomorrow


Dear Partner,

The Surgery will Be Taking Place Tomorrow And I will not Be Able To Check My Mails For About Three Weeks.
Here Is The Information To Pick Up The Gold Box From The security company

DEPOSIT SECRET CODE: XC66N/2010/EIGHTMILLION/GOLD
Email contact of the security company :info@carmaxsecurities.org
But if you they required more proof from you contact my attorney
He will not Attend To You as The Legal Owner If You spell The Code incorrectly.
His Email Contact Is denniswhite_hmuk@yahoo.co.uk
As Long as You Mail Him With The Above Code And Your Preferred Delivery
Address details,Everything Is Done.I Pray You Get This Mail Successfully Because I Am Tired Of receiving Failure Delivery Notice What Happened to your Computer???.

I Wish You Luck

Frank

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