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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: <tonystewart62@yahoo.com.vn>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:37:09 -0500
Subject: Note: Absolutely Confidential Please.

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'><font color="green">POR FAVOR: Antes de imprimir este mensaje, piense si es realmente necesario. El cuidado del medioambiente nos incumbe a TODOS. El CEMIC adhiere a las políticas de preservación del planeta. Así, en 2005 se convirtió en el primer hospital del país en certificar la norma ISO 14001:2004, que rige la gestión ambiental<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Aviso de confidencialidad
Este mensaje y sus adjuntos son CONFIDENCIALES y de uso exclusivo para el usuario a quien esta dirigido. Puede contener información amparada por el secreto profesional. Si Ud. no es el destinatario especificado, sepa disculpar la molestia y le pedimos que por favor no copie, envíe o utilice ninguna parte del mismo y/o de sus adjuntos. Las opiniones vertidas son responsabilidad del autor y no son emitidas ni avaladas por CEMIC, a menos que se indique claramente lo contrario y que la identidad y representatividad del autor, para comprometer a nuestra institución, puedan ser verificados. Bajo la hipótesis que en Internet, la información contenida en los mensajes y sus adjuntos podría ser modificada, no se garantiza la integridad de los mensajes.
CEMIC Legal Affairs
This message and its attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and are to be used exclusively by the user such message is being addressed to. It may contain information that is protected by professional secret. Should you not be the specified addressee, we apologize and request from you not to copy, send or use any part of it and/or its attachments. Opinions provided herein are the author's responsibility and are neither issued nor supported by CEMIC, unless otherwise stated and provided the author's identity and representativeness to involve our company, may be verified. Under the hypothesis that on Internet the information contained in the messages and its attachments could be modified, this does not guarantee its integrity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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