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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: "Federal Internal Revenue Service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mathewstorm@blumail.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:04:12 -0800
Subject: URGENT

Federal Internal Revenue Service
8B Mosley Road S.W Ikoyi
Lagos Nigeria.
+234-808-257-9125


We have intercepted a cashier check issued in your name. The check was intercepted by our officers at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport Lagos,Nigeria while the cashier check was being sent out of Nigeria, and was brought to our office. The cashier check is currently with us at our Office Annex in Lagos,Nigeria.

To enable us confirm and verify the check as yours, kindly give us your full name, your contact address, telephone/fax number.

Inform us if you were processing to receive any fund? If yes, what is the amount of Fund/cashier check/bank draft or money order you were processing to receive?

As soon as we hear from you, if the name and details on the cashier check corresponds with your name and details as you will give us, we will contact you again for the verification and release of the check to you otherwise if the name and details you give us does not in any way correspond with the name on the cashier check, we will not contact you again.

SEND ALL YOUR RESPONSES TO : mathewstorm@blumail.org

Mathew Storm,
Director Foriegn Affairs,
Federal Internal Revenue Service.

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