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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: "Ravidas Internet Marketers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yommyk@india.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:06:37 +0100
Subject: DOWNLOAD VERIFIED e-MAIL LISTS NOW html

DOWNLOAD VERIFIED e-MAIL LISTS NOW AND PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS/SERVICE/ PRODUCT:
 
 
Political parties and aspirants need NIGERIA EMAILS to reach millions of Nigerians for their party events,
activities, publicity, campaigns and meetings.
 
Individuals need EMAILS for Weddings, Marriages, Thanksgiving, Parties, Invitation to Dedication of
House/Car/Child and any kind of invitation.
 
Companies and Businesses needs NIGERIA EMAILS to advertise their products or services to millions
of Nigerians, sales promotion, new product launch, feedback from customers and consumers etc
 
Organizations and Associations need NIGERIA EMAILS to announce meetings, seminars, workshops
and events.
 
Churches and Mosques needs NIGERIA EMAILS to reach members on their programs, reach outs, events,
follow up/evangelism and general publicity etc.
 
Schools also need EMAILS to reach their existing students, prospective students, staff and parents.
Also, if you want to bring traffic to your websites, then you must send mails
 
As a matter of fact, every sector of the economy and business needs EMAILS
 
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; GHANA MAILS -  50,000mails; South Africa -  50,000mails; Asia Mails (China, Japan, Singapore,Taiwan, etc)
Middle East  (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, etc) -  50,000;; Europe Mails     -   50,000mails; Worldwide Mails  -10,000,000mails; Australia & Oceania - 50,000mails;
South America Mails - 100,000mails; Ebay Mails -   500,000mails; Yahoo Mails   -  500,000mails
 
Mail to:  yommyk@india.com
 
Best Regards,
 
YOMMY IBIYEMI
23 Rd., R Close, Festac Town,
Lagos
Tel: +234 806 489 1087
 
Notes:
1.        Emails may not be delivered if your ISP is blocking Port 25
2.        If your ISP IP is in Spamhaus's or RBL's list
3.        If the recipient rejects your mail
4.        If the recipient's mailbox is full                                                                                                                    
 
We do not encourage spammers and fraudsters to patronise us
NOTES:
 
This mail has satisfied the requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
which prescribed best practices for email campaigns: The mail is strictly
promotional, and no payment has been demanded from recipients; the subject
lines and contact addresses are in no way misleading: Your mail has been
founded through our own efforts on web search.  Although opt-in lists are
not mandatory, yet our emails are opt-ins.
All our claims can be verified.
 
This mail was sent to you because you in our opt-in list. To unsubscribe,
mail “Unsubscribe” in the subject line, to  yommyk@india.com  and we will 
take care that you do not receive any further promotional mail.
 
                                                 
 

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