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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: "Dr Abubarka Ahmed Ali" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abubarkaahmedali@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:51:30 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT

ATTENTION:

RE: YOUR INHERITANCE CONTRACT/ WINNING FUND OF USD$15.5 MILLION,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE COMPENSATION/ INHERITANCE
FUND HAS BEEN APPROVED TO BE RELEASED TO YOU VIA THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT OF OUR BANK. MEANWHILE, A WOMAN CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS
AGO WITH A LETTER, CLAIMING TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SENT BY YOU ?

HERE ARE HER INFORMATION'S: NAME: GERADEAN PETERSON BANK NAME: BANK OF
NEW-YORK. ACCOUNT NUMBER: 052418003301. PLEASE, DO CONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE
AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU SO THAT OUR BANK WILL
NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WRONGFUL PAYMENT OR UNLAWFUL DIVERTION OF
YOUR OVERDUE FUND INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT.

HOWEVER,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID MRS.
GERADEAN PETERSON IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT THREE
WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY. IF SHE IS NOT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE OR SENT BY YOU,
THEN YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY RECONFIRMING TO US
THE FOLLOWING DETAILS FOR US TO CROSS CHECK AND PROCESS YOUR PAYMENT.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:
2. RESIDENT CONTACT ADDRESS:
3. DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER OR CELL NUMBER:
4. AGE AND OCCUPATION :

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
Dr ABUBARKA AHMED ALI.

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