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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: guillermocha1@aol.com
Reply-To: gchavez2013@aim.com
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:27:38 +0200
Subject: Just saw your email and this is my response to you

Mr name is Mr Guillermo Chavez and am writing you to kindly reply me once you get this message it is about one of my late friend who died in the ongoing war in SYRIA he was in the engineering an oil legal dealer who was also my client and i his legal Lawyer to his business, i will explain further if you show your interest by responding to me through this my personal email (gchavez2013@aim.com

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