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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 17:09:26 +0100
Subject: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR NIGERIA
You are invited to join Clevenard Farm Foods in making Nigeria one of the leading and the most important
country when it comes to farming and packaging of agricultural products. Please visite our website to join us in
making the vision of making the best out of what Nigeria farm food can give.
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO SEE IF WHAT WE ARE DOING WILL HELP NIGERIA .
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