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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. Kelvin Bohr." <bohrcancerhospital@hawamail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 18:04:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Hello.(Urgent notification)
As a matter of urgency a patient is at the point of death here in my hospital. He made an oral WILL earlier this morning for his bond investment of 3.5m USD be transferred to you as humanitarian assistance.
This my patient is suffering from cancer of the brain and heart related complications this increased as he told me hours ago he had lost 34.4m USD from his shares with Washington mutual bank.
For the past few hours he have been in a state of coma and medically he has no chance of survival.As he has directed earlier that i should contact you so i am looking forward to your response for a better communication but at this moment your prayers are highly needed.
Yours faithfully.
Dr. Kelvin Bohr
C M D Bohr Cancer Hospital.
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