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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: "Ped Wang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ped_wang@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 03:17:06 -0700
Subject: Proposal...

Dear Friend,


Greetings to you today and hope you are having a wonderful day. I am
contacting you based on reliable information available to me as I have a
proposition of mutual benefits which I would need to share with you, so
that we can partner. I will give you good update as regards this
proposition as soon as you notify your interest so that we can proceed.
This is for security reasons and I will make you understand later as we
proceed.

Thanks and regards,

Ped Wang.


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