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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: <giacomo.monzani@tin.it>
Reply-To: officemail0263@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 17:41:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: re:------------You have qualified to receive US$5,000 payment on
daily basis

Dear Valued Customer,
This is Mr.John Kerekou jr MD of the Western Union department and we
have
sent your first installment payment today
according to the instructions of
the UNITED NATIONS.
Enlisted is the info for your payments
1. https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=BJ2.Sender....
SAHRIR SAAD
3. Amount ...$5,000 USD
4. MTCN....9167653719 (Available)
Meanwhile; You can not cash the $5,000 now, contact us
on (officemail0263@yahoo.com.hk) for update on how to cash
it immediately through any
nearest Western Union around you until you receive your
full payment $5.8Million
Meanwhile below is the details of the information needed from you for
reconfirmations:
Name, Age, telephone, Mobile, Country, City, occupation

Best Regard,
Mr.John Kerekou jr.
Tel:+229-9880 2627

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