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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: Mr.Cahill Martins <lily@sumpoeg.com>
Reply-To: <martinscahill@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:10:00 -0800
Subject: APPROVED COMPENSATION PAYMENT AWARD OF US$7.3M

Dear friend,

APPROVED COMPENSATION PAYMENT AWARD OF US$7.3M

This is to inform you that a Debit Cash Card Number 4012888888881881 Valued at us$7.3 Million United States Dollars has been accredited in your favor. Please contact us with the following information to facilitate your claims:

FULL NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
MOBILE NUMBER:

Best Regards,

Mr.Cahill Martins.
Head Officer
CIV NAVSUBTORPFAC YORK.
UNITED NATIONS / WORLD BANK ORGANIZATION.

【本邮件及其所附文件发自森宝食品公司,其可能含有保密或专有信息。该邮件仅供特定收件人使用,任何未经许可的阅读、使用、披露或传播本邮件所含信息的行为均被严格禁止。如果您并非目标收件人,请回复该邮件通知发件人并销毁全部有关本邮件的资料。】
This e-mail message from sumpofood Corporation and any files that accompany it, are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.】

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