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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: "DUTTON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsconnied@live.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:53:26 +0100
Subject: STOP (DO NOT SEND YOUR MONEY AGAIN)

Attn: My Dear,

I am Mrs. Connie Dutton, I am a US citizen, 51 years Old. I reside here in ; Burkburnett Texas . My residential address is as follows. 621 S Red River Expy; Burkburnett, TX, United States 76354-3706, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over US$26, 970 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet One Female American citizens lawyer under the American embassy in Abuja Nigeria , who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted her and she explained everything to me. She said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $10,000.000 Moreover, Barrister Mrs. Ester Water showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address as one of the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact The God faring American Woman lawyer who can help you without any charge

You have to contact her directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : Barrister Mrs. Ester Water (Esq)
Email: barrisester@outlook.com
Phone +234- 8154693631

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met : Barrister Mrs. Ester Water (Esq) was just US$195 for the paper works, take note of that.

As soon as you contact him he will send you the payment information which you are to use in sending the payment to her in order to obtain the document from the court of law there in Nigeria so that your fund can be transfer to you without any delay just the way mine was being transfer to me.

Send her the following details if you know you are ready to have your FUNDS so that as soon as he receive your information he will send to you the payment details for sending him the $195SD that is needed for him to get the document that is needed to make the transfer a successful one and that is that only payment i made to : Barrister Mrs. Ester Water (Esq) and she help me in the transferring of my FUNDS and i most say that you have to contact her so that she will help you the way she help me to Get my FUNDS without any further payment.

Fill Out the information to him if you are ready to get your FUNDS

Your Full Name:...............
Direct Phone:....................
Country.................
Occupation:.....................
Gender:.........
Age:..............


Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact : Barrister Mrs. Ester Water (Esq) and also call her now so that she can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars African And British who are center of scammer that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs. Connie Dutton.
621 S Red River Expy;
Burkburnett, TX, United States.

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