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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: "Dr. Kingsley Moghalu." <info@joboffer.exone.pl>
Reply-To: <dr.kmoghalu@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:12:43 +0800
Subject: PLEASE BE NOTIFY.



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Attention Beneficiary,

You have been issued a payment notice of $5.5M from the Central
Bank;you are to reply with your mailing address, telephone/fax numbers,
Bank Account details of any designated Bank of your choice were the fund
will be Transfer to,and a copy of your verifiable ID for verification.

I await the requested information ASAP.

Best regards.

Dr. Kingsley Moghalu.
Deputy Governor, Financial
System Stability.
Central Bank Plc

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