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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: Steve Steerman <sturmanstephen@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stevnsteerman@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:05:48 +0100
Subject: We Have To Act Immediately



Attention: Honorable Beneficiary,

After much deliberation, I was able to convince World Bank and United Nations
to step into your matter because all this while some top officials of our bank
including my immediate boss (Mr. David Brown) and Central Bank officials has
been the ones thwarting the whole transfer process because of their selfish
interest and there is nothing I could do then since I'm only taking orders from
them.

But right now we have a new remittance policy, i know we can work this
transaction out and your long overdue fund wired to you in no long time.

thanks

Steve Steerman
stevnsteerman@gmail.com


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