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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: perry peterson <perrypeterson210@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <perrypeterson219@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:56:43 +0100
Subject: Dear in Christ,





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Dear in Christ,


Greetings to you and your family. I am Mr Perry Peterson , " I am
53 years old, suffering from pancreatic cancer, My condition is really
bad and it is quite obvious that I won? live more than two months
according to my doctors, I am willing to donate the sum of $4,500,000 US
dollars for you to help widows and the less privileged ones in the rural
and urban areas and to carry out charity works. I do not want any of my
relatives to know about this fund, Due to because they are unbeliever
and I do not want this fund to be use ungodly means. Your religion dose
not matter, what I need is your honest and sincere mind and ready to
handle this fund very well. If

you are assure that you will not betray my trust, Do get back
to me with your full details ,such as ; Your full Name, Home Address
and direct phone number. I will use this details to hand you over to
the bank and ask the bank to open communication with
you.Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

Further details will be revealed to you as soon as i hear from you via
my
private email address: perrypeterson213@yahoo.co.jp

Do put me in your daily prayers.
I wait to see your response.
Mr Perry Peterson ,

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