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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: I PUTU SUSRAMA <psusrama@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 10:22:08 -0700
Subject: HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM VERY HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SALE ALL THE
GOLD WITH GOOD PROFIT THROUGH THE CONTACT YOU DIRECTED TO ME. MAY GOD
BLESS YOU REAL GOOD. I APPRECIATE.

I THOUGHT IT RIGHT TO SHOW GRATITUDE TO YOU BY GIVING YOU MY LITTLE
COMPENSATION OF $3,500,000 FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE SUCCESS OF
THE TRANSACTION.

I LEFT THE MONEY ($3,500,000) WITH THE BANK MANAGER WHO HELPED ME
TRANSFER MY MONEY TO WHERE I AM HAVING SOME INVESTMENT PROJECT NOW.

KINDLY CONTACT HER IMMEDIATELY
SEND YOUR INFORMATION; NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND MOBILE PHONE
NUMBERS, CORRECTLY TO HER TO ENABLE HER SEND THE $3,500,000 TO YOU BY
ATM VISA CARD AS I ADVISED HER.

HER NAME: JOY UGO N.
EMAIL: joyugon@yahoo.es

DO LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVED
THE MONEY BY ATM CARD,

MY REGARDS TO YOUR FAMILY.

SINCERELY.
I PUTU SUSRAMA

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