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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: "Mr Paul Peter." <paulpeter645@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paulpeter3@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:17:25 -0500 (COT)
Subject: Attn: Dear.




Attn Dear

I am Barrister Paul Peter, Attorney to Late Eng. Michaela.H (my client),
from your country who was a REO Engineer and a general civil engineering
consultant here in Republic of Benin, West Africa. On the 3th Of march,
2007, My client lost his life as a result of Brain cancer, as confirmed by
a medical specialist who was taking care of his illness for over six
months before his death.

Since the death of my Client over 5years, i have been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives until now, so i decide to contact you and need your
urgent Assistance to present you to the bank so that the proceed of my
client's fund valued about $7000.000.00 (Seven Million United States
Dollars.) can be paid Into Your Bank Account immediately before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the African Development Bank.

After reading this message, Contact me to my private email address (
paulpeter3@hotmail.com ) so that l will tell you how we can legally
proceed the claim. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction through, and It must be kept confidential.

I will like you to give me your following informations for more details:

Your Age.................Name and
address.................Surname...............Your private Telephone
numbers and home phone...................Your Occupation and
position......................Your email Address..........

Best regards.
Barrister Paul Peter

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