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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: "MRS AMADA RITA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <james34@mail.kz>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:08:09 -0700
Subject: TALK TO NELLO NOW

My Dear,

I am Mrs. Amanda Rita. , I am a US citizen, 66 years Old. I reside here in Boynton Beach. My residential address is as follows. 399 Brunswick Circle MS, United States, I am one of those that took part in Compensation and inheritance many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $81,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel to WASHINGTON D.C with all my documents, and I was directed by the ( F B I) Director to contact Mr. James Nello, who is a representative of the ( F B I ) and a member of the COMMITTEE, currently in Madrid Spain, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said to me that I have being dealing with the wrong official on such matters.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment where they made verification and confirm my claim. Right now I am very happy because I have received my compensation funds of $3.5 Million Us Dollars Moreover, Mr. James Nello showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr. James Nello.

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

Name: Mr. James Nello
Email: james34@mail.kz or james34@inMail24.com
Telephone Number: :+34-672-885-729 (Hot-Line)

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in any way with them,

I will advise you to contact Mr. James Nello so that he can verify and help you to recover your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs. Amanda Rita

james34@inMail24.com

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