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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: "Mr.Denis Ericson" <jeismr@tin.it>
Reply-To: agentsamuel@yeah.net
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 20:12:52 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Contact diplomat Samuel for your consignment,

good day,


We sent you email 3 days ago in reference to the release of your
unclaimed/winning amount but we did not hear from you and we have finally
arranged to send your $1.500.000.00 USD through diplomatic agent
and your fund is packaged and sealed in a consignment box with all the legal

documents of your fund. We was able to accomplish this through the help of Mr.
Gabriel Bello of IMF Representative and every necessary arrangement has been
made uccessfully with the Diplomatic Agent Mr. samuel River.Contact the
diplomat with your delivery information because he misplaced your

information during inspection of the custom authorities at Portland airport,
your phone number,address, city, and nearest airport. Name: Email
(agentsamuel@yeah.net) Phone number(+ 1-607-658-3244) Get back to us on
fredwhite@yahoo.net if you have any question

Mr.Denis Ericson
FMF



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