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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: BENJAMIN DUDU <drbenjamindudu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drbenjamindudu@gala.net
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL




PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
  EMAIL:drbenjamindudu@gala.net
Attention: President/Managing Director
 
Dear Sir,










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Notice:-
This e-mail message and any attached files is confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) holder of this email box. Therefore be advice not to disclose anything about your winning Prize Award to public notice or third party until your money is successful handed over to you’ to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. We shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned

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