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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: "RICHARD IBORI" <r.ibori26@aol.fr>
Reply-To: richardibori@rocketmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:19:19 -0700
Subject: COMPLIMENTS##


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

COMPLIMENTS,
I AM RICHARD, STEPSON TO THE FORMER CHIEF JAMES IBORI, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE OF NIGERIA. I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION SOME REASONABLE SUM OF MONEY THAT WORTH AN INVESTMENT CAPITAL BUT THE TOP LIST OF MY PRIORITY IS WHERE TO INVEST THIS MONEY OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY AND A TRUSTED FOREIGN PARTNER WHOM I CAN TRUST.
SHOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN MY PROPOSAL, I WILL URGENTLY NEED YOUR RESPONSE AND PROVIDING ME A RELIABLE/GENUINE TRADE OR INVESTMENT PLANS.
PLEASE I WILL KINDLY WELCOME YOUR ADVICE TOO.
CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY ON MY DIRECT PHONE NUMBER (+2348-08-35-625) OR EMAIL ME,
THANKS,
RICHARD

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