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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: "barr.charlesabraham@yahoo.com.ph" <elsamoya@coomevamail.com>
Reply-To: barr.charlesabraham@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:58:06 -0500
Subject: Hi



Your email account was selected in our New year games held January
2012 and you have Won the sum of Six Million Seven Hundred and twenty
Thousand United States Dollars. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:231-101-555 won the price in the first cartegory. Please reply
this email with your details or provide them to our claims controller
(Barrister. Charles Abraham) for claim
Email:barr.charlesabraham@yahoo.com.ph
FULL NAMES:
SEX
AGE:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY;
PHONE NUMBER:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:

Marry Chelsea
Co-ordinator

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