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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: "MOHAMMED ABACHA" <peace.movement@live.com>
Reply-To: peace.movement@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:47:26 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: RE: Real Investment, get back to me fast.




DEAR SIR,

THIS IS NO JOKE AND I AM NOT CONTACTING YOU TO WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME
NOR MINE.

MY NAME IS MOHAMMED ABACHA. I AM THE ELDEST SON OF LATE GENERAL SANI
ABACHA WHO WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA. YOU CAN GET THE
INFORMATION ABOUT MY FATHER IN A GOOGLE SEARCH.

I HAVE AN INHERITANCE OF ONE BILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$1BILLION)
WHICH I WANT TO INVEST IN PROPERTIES ABROAD. I AM INTERESTED IN BUYING
HOTELS AND NIGHT CLUBS OR A FOOTBALL CLUB ABROAD. I AM MAPING OUT 10% OF
MY INHERITANCE TO YOU IF YOU CAN HELP ME ACHIEVE MY DREAMS. I AM PRESENTLY
IN USA AND MY PHONE NO IS 206 632 7012 AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS (
peace.movement@hotmail.com )

KIND REGARDS,
MOHAMMED ABACHA

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