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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: Dular Lavis <mrsdularlavis01@ig.com.br>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 03:28:02 +0000
Subject: Hello...!!

Greetings to you in Jesus Name.

We got good recommendations about your humbleness, honesty and
sincerity through a respectable Christian follower, and I have decided
to contact you. Please join me to handle this project, I'm Mr.Dular
Lavis,Auditor & Accounts Department Manager (B.O.A)bank. I have a
business transaction for you worth the sum of (US$10,2 Million US
Dollars) to transfer to your account, 40% of this fund will be for me,
also 40% of this money will be for your time and efforts, while 20%
goes to charity. if you are interested to receive this fund, give me
your Full Name and Phone Number for easy communication with you and
for more details.

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