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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: Scott Priestap <kokotunkara@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sia086807@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:58:19 +0200
Subject: get back to me

Dear,friend,

My name is Scott Priestap am from lome togo, i would like us to join
hands together and venture into a business proposal, i am about to
approach you on. I am a bank manager in a bank here in Togo, last
year, after the final Auditing meeting, i came across a huge sum of
money that was worth the sum of $7.5 million us dollars, (Seven Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) after due investigations,
i found out that the fund belongs to one of our late customer, Engr P.friend,

The reason why am contacting you now is for you to help me as a
foreigner, so that we can transfer this fund into your account, and i
agree to share the fund 50% for you while the remaining 50% for me.
This deal will be treated with trust, and it is 100% risk free, so if
you are interested, jsut get back to me immediately with the following
informations.

1. Your Full Names................
2. Your Age...........
3. Your Sex.............
4. Your Address.......
5. Your Occupation.........
6. Your Telephone Number..............
7. Your Private email Address for easy communication...............
8. Your Country...............
Thanks
Mr Scott Priestap
Email address sia086807@gmail.com
Tel +22897880128

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