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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: "salomekaren@cantv.net" <salomekaren@cantv.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:10:43 -0430
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,

DEAR FRIEND,

GOOD DAY,I'M SISTER SALOME KAREN FROM ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LONDON ENGLAND. IT'S VERY PATHETIC THAT WE LOST REV.FATHER ISIDORE HALL OF ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LONDON ENGLAND. LATE REV.FATHER ISIDORE HALL IS AN AMERICAN AND ALSO AN ORPHAN BUT NATIONALISED HERE IN ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LONDON ENGLAND.

BEFORE THE DAETH OF LATE REV.FATHER ISIDORE HALL,HE MADE A WILL. I M GLAD TO INFORM YOU THAT LATE REV.FATHER ISIDORE HALL MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL A SUM OF (GBP£1.300,000.00)ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUND STERLING}THROUGH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS. THIS IS FOR YOU TO USE PART OF THE FUND FOR THE HELP OF THE ORPHANS AND NEEDY'S

YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW LATE REV.FATHER ISIDORE HALL MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL.

LATE REV.FATHER ISIDORE HALL MADE A RANDOM SAMPLING OF SIX PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES BY THE HELP OF MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL FIRM AND AMONG THE SIX PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES,YOURS CAME OUT AS A DRAW AND THIS IS HOW LATE REV.FATHER ISIDORE HALL MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL.

FORWARD THE DETAILS,SO THAT I CAN FORWARD IT TO THE BANK WHERE HE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED FOR THE RELEASE TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

1,FULL NAME. 2,CONTACT ADDRESS. 3,AGE AND OCCUPATION.4,PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER. 5,YOUR IDENTITY

I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY.

BEST REGARDS
GOD BLESS YOU.
SISTER SALOME KAREN.

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