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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 <daniloinn@alice.it>
Reply-To: mgram443@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:36:23 +0100 (CET)
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

YOURNAME___________
YOUR HOME ADDRESS_______
YOUR COUNTY/CITY___________
YOURAGE/SEX_____________
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER_______
ID COPY_______
OCCUPATION_______

MONEY GRAM OFFICE:
CONTACT PERSON: Mr.Larry Anderson
E-MAIL: mgram443@gmail.com
PHONE NO +229 98248352
YOUR FUNDS AMOUNT DEPOSITED IS US$1.5million
BEST REGARDS,
Mrs Maria Jonathan

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