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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: "Mrs. Jane Andrews" <shega@brightok.net>
Reply-To: dnaldkellysr@rogers.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:53:34 -0400
Subject: Greetings {$500,000.00}

Attention: Dear User Of The Internet
 
How are you today? Hope all is well with you a= nd your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition. Th= is is from a total cashprize of US 500,000.00 dollars, given to the f= irst FIFTY (50) people who will be compensated in this world internet= programs.
 
All participants were selected randomly from W= orld Wide Web site Through computer draw system and extracted from ov= er 700.000 companies I am using this opportunity to thank you for usi= ng the internet daily.
 
Due to your effort, using internet programs in= door and in your office, We want to compensate you and show our grati= tude to you with the sum of {$500,000.00} five Hundred Thousand Unite= d States Of America Dollars we have authorized Dennison E Kelly Sr Sr= to assist you in getting your compensation check across to you.
 
The name and contact address of the Dennison E= Kelly Sr is as follows;
 
Compensation Head Office
Contact Agent: Dennison E Kelly Sr
E-mail : dnaldkellysr@rogers.com
 
Finally remember that I have forwarded instruc= tion to the Dennison E Kelly Sr on your behalf to send the cash prize= of Five hundred thousand United State Of America Dollars to you as s= oon as you contact him without delay . Please I will like you to acce= pt this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart.=
 
Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hope= to hear from you soon.
 
Hope to hear from you soon.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Jane Andrews
=A9 2010
NOTE : You are responsible to pay for the deli= very Fees of this draft {E.I $350 USD}
 
 
The information transmitted in this email and any of its attachments = is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed an= d may contain Cablevision proprietary information, which is privilege= d, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Cablevision. An= y review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of= any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities= other than the intended recipient is prohibited and may be unlawful.= If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately= and delete and destroy the communication and all of the attachments = you have received and all copies thereof.

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