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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: "PRESIDENCY" <notice---pay1@att.net>
Reply-To: <garbaprecious@ciudad.com.ar>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:40:44 -0000
Subject: CASH PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

From The Desk Of
Prof.Precious Kassey Garba
Federal Reserve and Deposit.
Central Bank of Nigeria.

Attn;Beneficiary

Your Cash consignment will leave Nigeria en-route our offshore payment center this night. It is a metal box, silver in color with a weight of about 125kg, the box is declared as containing diplomatic /inheritance documents only, and the actual content is raw cash.Please re-confirm the following;

YOUR FULL NAMES.
YOUR SURFACE ADDRESS.
YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER.

Note: I know the content of the Box because I could see the amount you are being owned, $4.8MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS. This is why I decided to get involved.

Waiting for your call

Prof.Precious Kassey Garba
Reserve and Deposit Dept.
Call Me on 234-818-471-6338

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