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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: Mrs Maria Jonathan <suore.carmelitane@alice.it>
Reply-To: mgram136@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:38:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: payment

ATTN DEAR:

WE FINALLY CONCLUDED TO EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT OF (US$1,5M) VIA MONEY GRAM OFFICE
THIS MORNING AS THE BEST AND EASIER WAY TO

CASH YOUR FUNDS IN ANY OF YOUR NEAREST MONEY GRAM OFFICE IN YOUR
CITY,

WELL BASED ON MY AGREEMENT WITH MONEYGRAM DIRECTOR, Mr.Larry Anderson, YOUR
TRANSFER WILL START IMMEDIATELY YOU CONTACT

HIM WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION AS FOLLOW

YOUR NAME___________
YOUR HOME ADDRESS_______
YOUR COUNTY/CITY___________
YOUR AGE/SEX_____________
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER_______
ID COPY_______
OCCUPATION_______

MONEY GRAM OFFICE:
CONTACT PERSON: Mr.Larry Anderson
E-MAIL: mgram136@gmail.com
PHONE NO +229 647 22019
YOUR FUNDS AMOUNT DEPOSITED IS US$1.5million
BEST REGARDS,
Mrs Maria Jonathan

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