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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: "Namadi Sambo" <sambo.namadi@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: godwinemefiele@y7mail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:23:27 -0000
Subject: PAYMENT ADVICE




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raffaela.fontana@regione.marche.it, lleistri@ndsuext.nodak.edu,
bangsund@ndsuext.nodak.edu, ebwilson@brookes.ac.uk,
jake.piper@brookes.ac.uk, bjlowe@clarion.org, jtiratsoo@pipemag.com,
riopipeline2007@ibp.org.br, info@scientificsurveys.com,
anuradhas@calsoft.co.in, ebxml@veenman.net, gauravvij@vsnl.com,
harsh3112@yahoo.com, gustav@web-amp.com, eas@buildingplaza.nl,
nagwa.abdelghfour@eng.sun.com, eiman@alamiya.com,
miguel.a.abellan@icex.es, arya_abhishek@yahoo.com, abinash@myuberall.com,
john.abjanic@intel.com, abnous@documentum.com, sharkh@planetkc.com,
ytbarek.abraha@privat.utfors.se, kochuwawa@hotmail.com, sunil@eidenai.ca,
abraada@excite.com, ryan.abrahamson@www.amhanta.com,
jabrantes@epiercesolutions.com, eachkar@celestica.com,
colin.adam@webservices.org, Adel_Adamou@aatechgroup.com,
daniel.adams@pwgsc.gc.ca, Robert.Adams@intel.com,
michael.adcock@apacs.org.uk, raon@trycos.com,
daniel.adelhardt@germany.sun.com, jack.adkins@ps.ge.com,
lauren@amazon.com, pradeep.agal@umitl.com, magarwal@netfish.com,
sharad.agarwal@tiecommerce.com, manoj@ebprovider.com, development@fit.gr,
amitagrawal@mycampus.com, atul@octalk.com, aaguemon@gencod-ean.fr,
jlaguirre@atwebo.com, mats.ahlberg@gopublic.se, nisarj2001@yahoo.com,
shakeel79@nightmail.com, wan@dagangnet.com, jazizahmed@hotmail.com,
kab_2000@yahoo.com, zahid.ahmed@commercone.com,
mozeich@digitalpulse.co.kr, ahnd@nyack.edu, ahn64@kt.co.kr,
jeongahn@samsung.co.kr, jhahn@it4web.com, skahn@ktnet.co.kr,
bentahrens@gmx.net, ainsley16@yahoo.com, makbar@himalaya-corp.com,
wmufti2000@yahoo.com, pakison@nycap.rr.com,
ozgur.aksakal@bilten.metu.edu.tr, balba@eancol.org, salbin@vignette.com,
jessiealderson@synapz.cc, ashok.aletty@commerceone.com,
balexander@purepacket.com, mike.alexander@pindarsystems.com, axx@amnh.org,
zack2@cris.com, calexi@eDynamic.com, manaroo@xavor.com.pk,
dalishahian@softcare.com, coreyalix@hotmail.com,
tena_allain@email.mobil.com, subbu@bea.com, galleman@niwotridge.com,
lowella@mfps.com, chucka@hr-xml.org, colleen.allen@latimes.com,
dwallen1@us.ibm.com, gavin.allen@thyron.com, jason@megabus.com.au,
jallen@shippersnetwork.com, jerryallen@gees.com, tallen@sonic.net,
javier.almaraz@informix.com, marlon.almeida@datasul.com.br,
makenote@yahoo.com, fjalonso@ieee.org, Andrew.Alpaugh@bmwmc.com,
liora@the-word-electric.com, alten@documentum.com,
mark.althoff.b@bayer.com, liz.altman@xmlglobal.com,
ross.altman@gartner.com, armand.alvarez@marsh.com, thedlab@yahoo.com,
skaat@hotmail.com, urumate@adinet.com.uy, Roberto_Amaya@newflyer.com,
pjan@visa.com, kanantaram@rediffmail.com, dander34@csc.com,
doug_anderson@kleinschmidt.com, evilgreg@home.com, jasona@planet7tech.com,
mollyaanderson@eaton.com, roba@bml.uk.com, markus.andersson@future121.com,
francis.andre@easynet.fr, andreas.kyriakakis@edifact.ch,
michael.andrew@medibuy.com, jerry.andrews@commerceone.com,
atul.aneja@intel.com, hugo@hangel.org, angelicalr@yahoo.com,
sangelov@cs.utwente.nl, tangelucci@bluestone.com, sebas@fox-games.com,
ravireddya@yahoo.com, owais@ssuet.net, ranson@netspace.net.au,
ms@msantunes.com.br, anupama@quintessent.net, vganwar@yahoo.com,
kanwar@khyberconsulting.com, raju_007@onebox.com,
eva.appelqvist@edimatrix.com, nomanaqeel@yahoo.com, ideaarch@yahoo.com,
joanna.archer@orange.co.uk, jarcher@silverstream.com, gary.ardito@ctp.com,
jerry@thos.co.za, arif.sayed@vashimail.ltitl.com,
gilles.aristin@alcatel.fr, ramon@wizards.com, varjun@concept5.com,
carmstrong@myrealbox.com, da@5gm.com, jarmstrong@engage.com,
Curt.Arnold@hyprotech.com, e_arnold@mindspring.com, june.arnold@bnsf.com,
ashisha@pun.cognizant.com, rkarora@ub.delhi.nic.in,
rajeev@systemsmiths.com.au, javier.arostegui@es.origin-it,
Ralph_Carpenter@hp.com, rbarton@eftia.com, aruntn@netscape.net,
anandarya@yahoo.com, david_ash@sterlingcommerce.com, alanash@commerce.com,
rasis@ipnetsolutions.com, saskary@netfish.com, SAskary@iona.com,
eija.aspelin@edimanagement.com, eija.aspelin@tietoenator.com,
jonas.aspman@endorsia.com, claus@boppnet.com, asuncion@mira.net,
monica.aswani@nbc.com, aisu20@123india.com, Athi.Athimuthu@basshotels.com,
atiqr@hotmail.com, datkins@mediaone.net, arvind.atri@st.com,
James.BMTH.Attenborough@chase.com, aaubry@imrglobal.fr, apz@gmx.at,
kurt.augustin@state.mn.us, gault@cannonexpress.com, aurehman@ssuet.edu.pk,
llausti@us.ibm.com, burakayata@yahoo.com, bayres@xsellence.com,
jayres@tradepointflorida.net, turgaya@logo.com.tr,
hameed@australiamail.com, babazs@claruscorp.com, kelly.babbit@escout.com,
cbabec@comap.fr, sb@inapp.com, bbacheller@cdgpd.com,
abachmann@cahners.com, dan@schemantix.com, cbacon1@mindspring.com,
rajeev.badal@fidelity.com, pakbadar@yahoo.com, realworld@klnet.co.kr,
bae@salmosa.kaist.ac.kr, mesut.bagarkasi@astron.yasar.com.tr,
jaume_bagot@apb.es, vbahl@bottomline.com, raghu.baichwal@us.pwcglobal.com,
baillargeon@bigfoot.com, jbian@yahoo.com, bozidar.bajsic@atnet.si,
bryan.baker@xmlglobal.com, Joe.Baker@Mail.COM, mark.baker@canada.sun.com,
hicham.bakir@iname.com, ebakshi@rocketmail.com, igorb@netfish.com,
savo.balac@procession.com, harik@sybase.com, balakrishnan_l@hotmail.com,
db@csinternational.it, DBaldwin@imrglobal.co.uk, balen@xenotrope.com,
mb@csinternational.it, dball@furnxml.com, jball@synergenet.com,
vb-t-sys@dmg.de, sanjeev_bambal@yahoo.com, bsanjeev@pun.cognizant.com,
bhaskar.banerjee@fmr.com, jbanico@evoserve.com, jbanks@dicarta.com,
jamal@webxsystems.com, dinesh_bansal@hotmail.com, joebaran@extol.com,
antonio.baranda@marchfirst.com, daniel.barbella@digimaxdevelopment.com,
Joseph_J_Barbieri@Bankone.com, Ibarbour@netfish.com, pbarea@sede.aecoc.es,
colin.barham@tie.nl, ade@mobshop.com, David_Barkley@freddiemac.com,
ian.barndt@dcita.gov.au, jay@employeesystems.com, xtransact@onebox.com,
barth@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de, ab@ist-inc.com, BartonJ@visa.com,
bartonray@yahoo.com, eccoi@ozemail.com.au, pranab.k.baruah@boeing.com,
ahmet_basaran@hotmail.com, kerriebasman@spherion.com,
Yves.Basquet@es.pwcglobal.com, zarkoutb@bytequest.com,
k.bassiri@intershop.com, gbasson@dc.com, jbastante@lds.com,
Marcus.bateman@barclays.co.uk, Ricky.Bates@au.Unisys.com,
dbatreja@hotmail.com, herbert.bauer@abf.at,
philippe.baumann@integratio.ch, vincent.baysse@wanadoo.fr,
jerome.bazin@i56.fr, WETRAGS@aol.com, randy.bear@usaa.com,
mbeard@tucsonelectric.com, sbeauchem@deloitte.com,
simon.beaumont@technologist.com, mebeck@e-dox.com, dick_beck@ibi.com,
thomas.becker@sap.com, james.becknel@utilpart.com, manbirn@hotmail.com,
cwbeele@wal-mart.com, mbegaye@yahoo.com, behrman@stanford.edu,
bill-bell@bill-bell.hamilton.on.ca, jefbell@deloitte.com,
jason.bellevue@billingzone.com, juanb@fibertel.com.ar, levb@twelve.com,
timb@is-inc.net, boualem@cse.unsw.edu.au, kbenedict@netfish.com,
benelli@chissa.com, emadb@nsoftica.com, gbenjamin@email.com,
eytan@webango.com, ibennaceur@verdiangroup.com, cliffb@argosoftware.com,
dbennett@cyclonecommerce.com, richard@nuix.com.au, wes.bennett@janus.com,
otjacque@crpgl.lu, jbenson@goprinter.com, bensonp@eccma.org,
chris.berge@ubsw.com, markus.berger@econia.com,
anna.berglund@bankgirot.se, peter.bergstrom@icl.com,
jordan.berkley@majiq.com, jason.berkowitz@digitalpaper.com,
gbenabo@ferrero.co.uk, olivier.bernard@s1.com,
Arne.J.Berre@informatics.sintef.no, john_bertani@hp.com,
paul@prbdesign.com, rab7067@earthlink.net, rberwanger@msn.com,
rberwanger@btrade.com, karl.best@oasis-open.org, news@beyer.ch,
infor@mgf.fr, olivier.bezaut@tenorconseil.fr, abezmenov@code.bg,
mirco@cmp.it, bahirat@yahoo.com, sbhamidipati@yahoo.com,
rao@infovation.com, mbhandarkar@netfish.com, theweb@india.com,
sameer.bhardwaj@timesgroup.com, amitbhasin@email.com, tbhaskaranar@dc.com,
mak_bhat@hotmail.com, sasi.bhushan@four-soft.com, franco.biaggi@sisa.ch,
abial@webgiro.com, nicemeetingyou@163.net, jbiarrot@capgemini.fr,
kbible@ford.com, b.bieg@seeburger.de, Markus.Bierl@franke.com,
rbigelow@ipnetsolutions.com, pkbiggs@matthews.com.au, leob@vistainfo.com,
suraj_bilgikar@hotmail.com, sbillings@spaceworks.com,
leopold.binder@uta.at, dongfm@xteamlinux.com.cn, nancybi@helgesen.com,
peter.bird@commerceone.com, vbirk@t-online.de, birklew@schneider.com,
bruce@ustar.com, mbitzko@home.com, pbizien@b-process.com,
blackmona@mtmc.army.mil, gdblackwood@cargoexchange.net,
andrew.blair@BTFinancialGroup.com, j.blair@rhana.com,
dblake@looksmart.net, dev@coolcat.com.au, lblanchette@grandcentral.com,
rblankenship@xencorp.com, mblantz@netfish.com, mblantz@ltvsteel.com,
gblauer@yahoo.com, martin.blayney@capgemini.co.uk,
blazej@openapplications.org, gblomberg@ean.com.au, blondeau@intalio.com,
blount@metratech.com, clayton.bober@net-linx.com, sbodapati@context.com,
bodmer@weihenstephan.de, michael@xmlasia.com, f.boen@atd.magnus.co.id,
bernd.boesler@din.de, udaykb@niit.com, boggiano@uea.be, bohrer@us.ibm.com,
hboin@netscape.net, BBoissy@rowe.com, ebxml@arabia.com,
Yannick.Bollati@capco.com, jonny.boman@vikingline.fi,
gianmarco74@libero.it, bonina_2001@yahoo.com, keith.bonnici@bonsoft.fi,
Graeme.Booker@team.telstra.com, mboomershine@sapient.com,
cboothe@home.com, bboraas@home.com, tborden@us.ibm.com,
jonathan@openhealth.org, david_list@boreham.org, jborenstein@nacha.org,
mark.borggraefe@de.pwcglobal.com, bboris@pbsc.com, ab@bifit.com,
eborruel@aecoc.es, jon.bosak@eng.sun.com, vmuralid@csc.com,
rajen.bose@commerceone.com, agsc@eudoramail.com, Siegfried.Boser@wko.at,
francesco@bosia.com, giuseppebosso@yahoo.com, ieb@procession.com,
mmbouari@mmm.com, boubez@us.ibm.com, abdel_boulmakoul@hp.com,
jonathan.boutelle@commerceone.com, tbower@datafyi.com,
shanebowman@telstra.com, pbowyer@qantas.com.au, gait.boxman@tie.nl,
daniel_p_boyce@email.whirlpool.com, tboyle@rosehill.net,
todd.boyle@netaccount.com, boyntond@tycoelectronics.com,
mbracchini@betweenmarkets.org, mbracchini@betweenmarkets.com,
a.bradley@8over8.com, Jeff.Bradshaw@chimeratec.com, mbrady@nist.gov,
robert.brandenburg@marchFIRST.com, bbrandenburg@contivo.com,
wbrandes@prospectassoc.com, gbrasil@labtechsys.com,
Mathias.Braun@xitcon.de, mike.bray@sbs.siemens.co.uk,
bob.breckler@healthcare.com, markus.breilmann@tamgroup.com,
marcb@webmethods.com, ab@edimatic.dk, michael_brennan@allegis.com,
pbrian@theorrery.co.uk, sbridges@mailexcite.com, jeff_briggs@gallup.com,
jim_bristol@us.ibm.com, scott_brittain@hotmail.com, John_Britton@i2.com,
rob.britts@jibe.ws, billbrobst@yahoo.com, brian_brockhouse@hp.com,
jay.f.brockman@us.pwcglobal.com, brockman@panix.com, rabro@t-online.de,
jbrodbeck@wtradex.com, sbrodsky@us.ibm.com, William.brodt@harrisbank.com,
dick@8760.com, jcb@openvertical.com, j.c.brouwer@chello.nl,
Bbrown3439@aol.com, cbrown@forestexpress.com, jerry.brown@sabre.co,
ken_brown@renolan.com, kbrown@alpha88.com, toby@ilumin.com,
allenbr@microsoft.com, zvi.b@sapiens.com,
kai.brueckner@hypovereinsbank.de, chuck.brumley@mezzia.com,
brunner@engage.com, diego.bruno@softwareag.com, douglas@basefive.com,
mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com, gbryant@novell.com, mb@aim-sw.com,
mhbuchholz@usa.net, brian.buck@divineinterventures.com,
dirkbuckalassen@hotmail.com, warren.buckley@xiam.com, lbudnick@elcom.com,
marc.buehler@ubs.com, leonardo@itera.com.br, vfbjr@mandic.com.br,
wbuford@earthlink.net, dwayne.buhler@aurumtechnology.com,
annabelle.bullen@us.pwcglobal.com, vincent@cliffhanger.com,
jlbuller@us.ibm.com, Rick.Bullotta@lighthammer.com, doug@ariba.com,
bill_burcham@stercomm.com, david.burdett@commerceone.com,
paul_burgess@uos.co.uk, steve.burgess@arbitron.com, alb@sybr.com,
nancy.burke@osd.state.ma.us, cade.burks@ec-power.com, linda@kinecta.com,
richard.burrows@unitedadvertising.co.uk, cburt@2ab.com,
softwind@islandnet.com, stewart@owd.com, pbussey@cyclonecommerce.com,
chris.bussler@oracle.com, mleroux@confirmnet.com,
pete_bustin@unipart.co.uk, andrei.busuioceanu@ams.com, sb@stilo.com,
jbuusao@collaborex.com, bbuwalda@timenet.co.za, laurie.buxton@sun.com,
info@kcoracledba.com, jan.byrlind@samhall.se

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