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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: "Mrs. Lara Paul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bliss4larapaul@live.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:47:47 -0800
Subject: >>Re:I Appreciate Your Kindness To Me, Contact Dr. Allen Instantly.

Dearest,

Compliments of the season with great thanks to your past efforts, am glad to inform you that I have finally and successfully transferred the $30.5 Million US Dollars under the co-operation of a new financier/partner. Kindly contact Dr. Allen Duke via his direct email (drallenduke_2000@aol.com) and instruct him to send your bank draft of $1.500.000.00 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter, besides you should reconfirm your below information to him, to enable him be sure of you and send the bank draft to you through a reliable courier service as I've instructed him to do for a safe delivery:

1. Your full name.
2. Your phone number.
3. Your full contact address.

Thank you very much my dear and keep doing well and believe that you have a very good reward for it as I remain your bosom friend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Lara Paul.
Reply To: bliss4larapaul@live.com

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