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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 sam koffi <leslie@lgad.lg.co.kr>
Reply-To: <dr.samkoffi@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 01:51:45 +0100
Subject: Re: URGENT

To whom it may concern,

My name is Dr sam koffi, I work with Bureau of National Investigation (B.N.I.) I have important information to disclose to the rightful owner of
this email ID, but before I do so I will want you to avail us with your co-ordinates as we have it in our Data here because this information is
vital and will bring joy to you and I in the nearest future.

For prove of ownership, I request you reconfirm your

Full Name..........
House address......
Phone..............
Fax................
Country............

Need for reconfirmation is to ascertain the authenticity of your claim to avert passing of vital information to a wrong person.

Regards
Dr sam koffi
National Security Adviser.

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