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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: William Peter <simonegandolfi@alice.it>
Reply-To: fe17companies@live.com
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:43:17 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CALL ME WITH THIS NUMBER +229 9876 1125

Dear Customer,

We wish to let you know that your funds of $4.2 million
have been successfully process this morning as instructed by the
INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION BOARD
OF
TRUSTEE and ECOWAS to deliver to you through our Fedex office.Contact us now
with the following information
{fe17companies@live.com} and send your detail below:
Dr.Charles White.
call this number for more details: +229 98761125.

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