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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: "Secretary To The Prime Minister" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <collinsraids1@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:33:13 -0800
Subject: Urgent Attention Needed!!!

This is to Officially inform you that we have verified your inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment are because you have not fulfilled the obligation given to you in respect of your contract/iheritance payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the non officials in the bank your entire attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like these have been stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment centre Asia pacific that is the lastest instruction from Prime Minister David Cameron
GBFR) United Kingdom and F.B.I.

This card centre will send you an international atm card which has been mandated to issue out to you One Million GBP as part payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. The maximum is twenty thousand dollars per day, so if you like to receive your fund this way please let us know by contacting Mr.Collins Raids on his email address: (collinsraids1@msn.com) telephone(+447017515294) and also send the following information:

(1)Your full name..........(2)Cellphone............(3)Resident address.............(4)Your age and current occupation............

Kindest regards,

Secretary To The Prime Minister
Collins Raids

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