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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: Lewis Johnson <lewissonty@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:27:51 -0800
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Dear Sir,

Due to their inability to come to our office and pick up your one
million euros,so we
have decided to deliver the same amount to you through a diplomat,
but the diplomat must not know that your shipment contains money this
is to avoid eyebrows and also for security reasons, so we recommend
that you contact the diplomat (Ibrahim Yanfi) in his private email
diplomat.yanfi@gmail.com for more details information.The diplomat
will give you full information about the delivery of your shipment
(funds) make sure you do not let him know that your shipment contain
money because we told the diplomat that your consignment contain
shipping only told that your shipment contains your family documents.

We wish you good luck and hope that you will use the money to help the
poor in your community.

Best Regards

Dr Maria Lewis

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