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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: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:04:35 +0100
Subject: DOWNLOAD OPT-IN & VERIFIED e-MAIL LISTS NOW!!!

DOWNLOAD VERIFIED e-MAIL LISTS NOW AND
PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS/SERVICE/ PRODUCT:

We are selling valid email lists. Valid mail is very much necessary for your business. If you want to market your products or bring traffic to your website then you must send mails. Valid d mail list can fulfill your requirements. We have a large database of valid mails from around the world that we are offering you at reasonable prices.
The characteristics of our database are:
- All valid mail lists.
- No duplicate mails.

NIGERIAN MAILS - 100,000 emails - USD180 / N29,900; 200,000 emails - USD240 / N39,900
GHANA MAILS - 50,000mails - USD 100 / N15,500
South Africa - 50,000mails - USD 120 / N19,900
Asia Mails (China, Japan, Singapore,Taiwan, etc) - 500,000 - USD290 /N49,900
Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, etc) - 50,000 - USD 120 / N19,900
Europe Mails - 50,000mails - USD 90 / N12,999
Worldwide Mails -10,000,000mails - USD 380 / N69,900
Australia & Oceania - 50,000mails - USD 90 / N12,999
South America Mails - 100,000mails - USD 100 / N15,999
Ebay Mails - 500,000mails - USD 120 / N19,900
Yahoo Mails - 500,000mails - USD 120 / N19,900

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

Best Regards,

YOMMY IBIYEMI
Principal Partner,
Abayomi Ibiyemi & Co.,
Estate Surveyors & Valuers,
23 Road, R Close,
Festac Town, Lagos
Tel: 234 806 489 1087

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