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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: "Barrister Donald Tarry" <jeannetteknight2011@live.com>
Reply-To: paulchukwu11@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:25:50 -0500
Subject: RE: CONTACT MY SECRETAR FOR YOUR COMPENSATION USD4.8MILLION


My Dear Friend    I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred  under the cooperation of a new partner from holland.Presently I'm in holland for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my secretary in  Benin Republic his name is Mr Paul Chukwu  E-mail (paulchukwu11@hotmail.com) ask him to send you the total $4.8million,  which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get intouched with my secretary Mr Paul Chukwu instruct him where tosend the amount to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive itso that we  can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. inthe moment, I?m  very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new  partner are having at hand, finally remember that Ihad forwarded  instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel  free  to get in touch  with Paul Chukwu ,he will sends the amount to you  without any delay.E-mail(paulchukwu11@hotmail.com )1.YOUR FULL NAMES:__________________2.Postal ADDRESS:___________________3.PHONE NUMBER:_____________________4.CELL NUMBERS:_____________________5.EMAIL ADDRESS:____________________6.SEX:______________________________7.AGE:______________________________11.Zip Code__________________________A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE_______________Waiting for your urgent responseYoursBarrister Donald Tarry 

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