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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dr.ignatius_imala@msn.com
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:57:58 +0100
Subject: Re: Your Inheritance

FROM: DR. IGNATIUS IMALA,
FROM Mrs Avian Y Hughes

Re: Your Inheritance Payment
You are hereby notified that your Inheritance/Contract Payment of Ten
Million Five Hundred ThousandUnited States Dollars ($10.5 M) has been
Approved to be made to you through Central Bank ATM Masterdebit card.The
debit card can be used on any ATM machine all over the world or you can
go to your bank to off-load the funds into your Local Bank Account. You
are advised to re-confirm to us the below information or call me
immediately for more details on my office hotline +234-8023080404

Your full names
Your full mailing address
Your home phone number and cell phone
Your fax number if any
Occupation
Sex.

God Bless you.
Mrs Avian Y Hughes
DR. IGNATIUS IMALA,
PHONE: +234-8023080404

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