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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: Andy Tombi <andy---tombi@att.net>
Reply-To: tombiandytombi@mail.kz
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:43:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Kindly Give This Your Urgent Attention



Dear Sir/Madam.



This is coming From Andy Tombi, the immediate past credit manager of SNS Bank in the Netherlands, who was posted to the United Kingdom. There is serious proposal about a bonded account in SNS bank i would require you give attention to. If you are interested to know more about this, do well to contact me via my private email address as below.



Note that It will be beneficial to all parties concerned.



My Regards,



Mr. A. Tombi

Email: tombiandytombi@mail.kz

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