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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 Jeff Monsieur" <drj@afriquettorney.com>
Reply-To: "Dr Jeff Monsieur" <drjeffci.chu1@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:48:32 -0400
Subject: =?US-ASCII?B?Q2hhcml0eSBEb25hdGlvbiBUbyBZb3UuLiA=?=


Charity Donation To You..
>From Dr.Jeff Monsieur

I am Dr.Jeff Monsieur of CHU HOSPITAL here in Abidjan the capital city of Cote d'ivoire and I have an old man with a long time brain cancer problem. His Name is Mr.Martins Austen and 76 years old man also a Switzerland citizen.

$2.500,000,00 (Two Million Five Hundred United States Dollars) is his donation to humanity and this money are meant for all motherless babies,Including Bulding of churches and school all and sundry found in destitute homes and widows. This is a Charity donation from a passionate heart. Contact me via email if you are sincere enough so that I will connect you to his attorney who is in the custody of the depository documents in the bank and please do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund in an ungodly way other than evangelism and affecting lives.

If only you are intrested kindly Send Your Telephone Number, Your Age, Your Marital Status, Your Occupation and Your Nationality Through my private email address drjeffci.chu1@yahoo.co.th

Dr.Jeff Monsieur
For Evangelist Martins Austen

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