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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: Wilson Gabriel <wilsgab@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 00:30:33 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIALITY

Dear Sir,Ma

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you; I know you would be surprised to read from someone relatively
unknown to you before now.A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that
can assist him and her family in retrieving their package containing some
amount of money from a Diplomatic Corp in Europe

Its entails traveling,meeting people of different race and culture,sharing
business ideas, you will be meeting the diplomats in person ..this means
you will be traveling. All expenses while retrieving this fund would be
from your side but you will be reimbursed immediately you get the funds
into your custody...

Your assistant is needed to act as the beneficiary and get the claim from
the diplomat...

All i require from you is your honesty and maximum co-operation which this
transaction deserves you will personally be compensated with 50% of
(USD15M (Fifteen Million U.S.Dollars)). Therefore, on receipt of your
positive response I can assure you that this transaction will take only
Seven (7) days to be completed hence, I will require you to provide me with
the following:

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Contact Address
3. Your Occupation / Position & Age
4. Your Mobile and House Telephone Number
5. A copy of your Drivers License or your International Passport.

I beg you i know there are many scams going on but this is not one....if
you are too busy do not response..i need someone that can travel to handle
matters maturely..

Please i am contacting you because i believe you are reliable and can
handle business matter maturely without and panic.

NOTE : There is no room for Doubt..You will be meeting the parties in this
transaction one on one.

PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES TOP CONFIDENTIALITY.
Regards,

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