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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Diamond <0453v675@att.net>
Reply-To: dr.robertnewman@excite.it
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your reply.

Hello dear,

It is my pleasure to use this medium; the urgency of this mail compelled me to contact you. I am Robert Diamond, a permissible account officer to a departed patron of mine, who died as a consequence of a heart correlated situation on January 12th 2005. His heart situation was due to the passing away of all the members of his family in the tsunami catastrophe on the 26th December2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

I am contacting you to request your permission to present you as the recipient to my late patron. He has a deposit of (US$7,000,000).

This will be accomplished under a justifiable pact that will shield you against any permissible implication. If this dealing suggestion affronts your ethical principles, do acknowledge my request for forgiveness.

Yours respectively,

Robert Diamond.

Anti-fraud resources:

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