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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: "fiscal" <fiscal@adeg.com.mx>
Reply-To: grouplotto.notifcation2013@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:11:31 -0400
Subject: Congratulation





Dear: Sir/Madam,
We Apologize for the delay of your payment and all the Inconveniences
and hiccups that we might have caused you. However, we were having some
minor problems with our payment system, which is Inexplicable, and have
held us stranded and Indolent, not having the Preriquiste to devote
our 100% endowment in accrediting foreign payments.
I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square hole and
can be accelerated so that your payment can be processed and will be
released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that
from the record in our file, YOUR APPROVED PAYMENT IS US$3.6million Usd
(THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED US DOLLARS)..
Your Full Name:
Telephone and fax Numbers:
Residential Address:
Forward your urgent reply/payment information's to Mr. Peter Cruz. via
e-mail: grouplotto.notifcation2013@gmail.com
for speedy release of your long
over-due payment within 48hours.

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