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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: Angi Jafar <angijafar51@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: angijafar51@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:31:16 -0300
Subject: HELLO


Good day, I am Mr.Angi Jafar an official of Finance Ministry's
Directorate General of Taxation in Jakarta, Indonesia. I am contacting
for an urgent business. My colleague Mr. Gayus Tambunan was arrested
in Singapore in April last year for allegedly amassing a huge sum of
money and since that incidence all activities in our department which
is the account department has been closely monitored by security
agents, so for the fear of being traced and persecuted I decided to
move this $10,250,000,00 (Ten Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars) Which has long been hidden in a financial
company here for many years outside my country for investment purpose
as I do not want to be traced like my colleague who has been
convicted, this money was acquired from foreign companies as gifts and
loyalties for tax cuts.

I seek your urgent assistance to receive these funds for joint invest
in your country, if you can assist me then we can discuss further any
suitable investment that will be profitable as I am planning to resign
as soon as this funds is moved out successfully.

Please reply me immediately on my private email
angijafar51@hotmail.com so that I will give you more details about
these funds.

Warmest Regards,
Angi Jafar





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