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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: "D. Cornell." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <den.corn@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:57:23 +0200
Subject: Partnership Request.

I am Mr. Cornell, Marketing Manager of ExxonMobil/NNPC joint operations for South West region Nigeria.

I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate business or company and if you are capable of keep this deal confidential. I need strong assurance that you will never let me down.

While I look forward to hearing from you, I want to assure you that this business is risk free.

I will need your legal details; names, address and phone numbers.

Thank you for your time and attention. I will enumerate further upon your response.

Warmest regards,

Mr. Cornell.

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