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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: Stephen Goldberg <s_goldberg_1958@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:02:43 +0100
Subject: Acknowledge this e-mail message sent to you.




Good Day,

This my e-mail message to you will surprise you because we have not met before but I want you to be rest assured my e-mail message to you is for INVESTMENT PURPOSE I want you to use your professionalism in business to assist invest some fund there in your country on any business that is profit oriented.

I got your contact e-mail address from my search on the internet hence I decided to contact you. The fund amount sum you are to receive is US$18,600,000.00 ( EIGHTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) once you receive the fund 20% will be yours while 78% will be for be which you are to assist me put into investment on any business that is profit oriented there in your country while 2% will be for expenses incured during the transfer of the US$18,600,000.00 to you. This transaction is capital intensive because some amount will need to be paid for the successful transfer of the fund to you that is why the 2% will be expenses incured.

Once the fund is transfered to you I will visit you in your country so as to know you on a personal level as my investor. This is my personal telephone number +234 816 9103716 kindly send your reply and feel free to call on me after reading this e-mail message for more details.


Best Regards,

Mr.Stephen Goldberg.

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