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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: Sgt Perry Rice <infor@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: sgtperryrice717@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:08:25 -0300
Subject: ALL I NEED IS YOUR HELP!!!



My name is Sgt Perry Rice.military unit here in Ba'qubah in Iraq,
I have some amount of funds that we want to move out of the country.
Your share is 30%. This is real and not a scam.
And i need your help. I will send you email every day, So i want you
to check your mail every day and get back to me.
Please help me and God will bless you Amen.

Get back to me : sgtperryrice717@gmail.com

Sgt Perry Rice

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