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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: Caucasian Rocket Center <arakis13@volja.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:01:36 +0100
Subject: Urgent



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Good day,



My name is Leif Armstong. Am head of the CRC (Caucasian Rocket Center).



In our recent research, we found that a huge mass of gold dust is flying
around in earth’s orbit. It is about 500.000.000.000.000.000 (50
QUADRILLION US $) worth.



We are planning a secret mission to recover this gold dust and already
built a rocket to recover it. However, we can’t start our rocket because
the NASA has put a ban on all rocket starts on the earth without their
approval. Therefore, we are planning to pay the NASA some money so we can
start the rocket and recover the gold dust. Unfortunately all our funds are
gone, used up to build the rocket.



Because of that, we have been looking for you. We only are looking for a
measly 10.000 US $ to pay the NASA, and are willing to offer you a 50%
share of the recovered gold dust (worth about 250.000.000.000.000.000 (25
QUADRILLION US $).
contact this:

NAME: MR, David Parker

EMAIL: barristerdavidparker@lawyer.com

TEL: +194 023 80469


Please, if you are interested, contact us immediately with the following
information.



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