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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: "Yommy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yommyk@india.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:50:16 +0100
Subject: GET MILLIONS OF VISITORS TO SEE YOUR WEBSITE NOW!!!

GET MILLIONS OF VISITORS TO SEE YOUR WEBSITE

As you may know, once you have set up your own website, you need to promote it in the best way possible
for search engine optimization and increased traffic to the site. The more the number of visitors,
the more your chances of being patronised

HOW WE WILL DO IT:
1. Use of Powerful web/url submitters that can reach thousands of search engines, metaindexes and directories in a giffy
2. Use of email website marketing that can reach millions of potential visitors to your website in minutes

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
1. Send a two-line description of your company's commercial activities to us.
2. Your website url address (e.g. www.abayomiibiyemi.nl)
3. Your reply-email address

CHARGES:
1. Worldwide Website Promo @ N12,500 for 30days
(Website submission to 4000 Search Engines, Link pages & Directories + 2 Million Worldwide Email Campaign)
2. Nigeria Website Promo @ N9,000 for 30 days
(200,000 Nigeria Email Campaign only)

Submission Plan - Twice Monthly, with send log attachments as proof of email campaign

Mail to: yommyk@india.com

We accept payment by Paypal (harry1004@gmail.com) / Abayomi Ibiyemi - Visa Account No.4990006313, or Abayomi Ibiyemi @ GTB A/C No. 0017611164

Kind Regards,
Abayomi O.IBIYEMI,
23 Road, R Close, Festac Town, Lagos
Tel: 234 806 489 1087

Non-opt in Clause: We did not seek your consent before sending this mail to you
To unsubscribe, mail "Unsubscribe" to yommyk@india.com

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