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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: "Mr. Osipov Vitaly" <vitaly.osipov365@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:40:52 -0600
Subject: Your Urgent Reply Needed! KNBFXRQOFT

Good Day,

I am an Investment Lawyer/Consultant, with a firm in America, Middle East, Europe and Southern Africa. And all this years I have handled investment fund for “Private Individuals” that in one way or the other want complete anonymity. We have this client, that has large amount for investment and we are looking for trust worthy individual with viable project in areas of real estate, agriculture, oil and gas,construction e.t.c. If you are interested in handling and managing these huge funds, kindly send your full details (Company's profile or personal details including telephone number)for more information, please do not bother to write back if you are not interested.

Mr. Osipov Vitaly.

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