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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: "Jesse Calamia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbr7262@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:45:03 -0700
Subject: Re: I have a very confidential private transcation for your Acceptance.

My name is Jesse Calamia, I have a very confidential private transcation for you in where i work and we can make good money from this deal and you will be
entitled to 40 percent of it when it is done.For more details do email my personal email so we can discuss this . I did get your response, pls resend your response to my second email is
cbr7262@yahoo.com.hk

Jesse Calamia

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