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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: PERSONAL LINK <personal.link@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:24:30 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent Please
Urgent Please
Dear Sir,
I am Miss Ester Peter Corvalan. I discovered your email (address) and information through a comprehensive web search on the internet so I decided to contact you. I can send you my Identification for verification. My late father Mr. Peter Corvalan, left $6.500.000 (Six million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) . And the banks have given me two month to provide a paper of the next of the king of this fund before they can get the money give to me.
So I need your help to use your name as the next of the kind so that the money will be transferred directly into your account over there so that I will meet you there as soon as the money is been transferred and confirmed in your account, I will give you 30% as your share.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
I will pay what ever thing that will be asked to pay till the money gets into your home account.
Thanks and waiting to hear from you.
Sincerely yours,
Miss Ester Clement Peter
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