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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: "Anderson Freeman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andfreeman006@mynet.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:55:47 -0700
Subject: Your Urgent Confirmation!

Dear Friend,
 
I will like to know if you still want me to advice the Bank to wire (transfer) the
 
£12,780,000 Million Pounds into your Account for us to share. Please I will be delighted if
 
you can get back to me urgently so that I can advise you on what next to do in getting this
 
fund transfer to your account immediately.
 
I want you to re-confirm your current address and telephone number to me to enable us move
 
swiftly and contact me via my e-mail address thus: andfreeman006@mynet.com
 
Best Regards,
Anderson Freeman

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