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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: "Rev, john Edward" <silvio.guarino@alice.it>
Reply-To: mybank63@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 14:56:10 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Greeting

hello my good friend

Sorry for the late response, here is the information to contact the bank to
send the $2.5 Million to you.
Let them know i gave you their contact.

Below is the Bank Contact Info:
Bank Name: UBA VISA CREDIT UNION (UVCU)
Contact Person: David Abissah
Email: mybank63@gmail.com
Tel: +229 61 11 84 78,

Get in touch with them immediately with the above information and let them
know how urgent you want the fund and get back to me as soon as you receive
the money so i will be notified.

Thank You
Rev,john Edward


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