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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: "JOSE AMANDO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamando77@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:33:52 -0300
Subject: HELLO

Dear Sir/madam, Please do not be offended if this message comes to you as a shock . I ought to have sought your consent and approval before e-mailing this proposal to you but I acted as I did due to the importance and urgency of this business. My name is Jose Amando. I have a Business Transaction of $24,400,000.00 for you to handle with me. It requires you to act as a next of kin in order to receive US$24,400,000.00. The money belongs to a late client of my firm who died without any next of kin . If you are interested, please provide the required info below then I shall provide you with more details of this Business transaction. 1. Your Full Name: 2. Address/Country:3. Phone, Mobile number if any: 4: Age: 5: Marital Status:6. Occupation Please take note that this is a confidential business and you shall be entitled to 28% benefit. Kindly reply on time as this is an urgent matter, Please delete this message if you are not interested. Thanks for Understanding. Kind Regards, Jose Amando

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