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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: "Mr. Fred Cole" <icelys@cantv.net>
Reply-To: fredcoded32@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:05:33 -0530
Subject: Re: Booking of Reservation In Your Restaurant.

Hello,

I am Mr. Fred Cole, the director of perenco Oil United Kingdom. I want to book dinner for my group of workers arriving from UK. They will all come for dinner in your place as from August 29th, 30th and 31st 2014 by 7:00pm each day. They are 15 in number. Get back with your response if there is availability in your restaurant.

Regards,

Mr.Fred Cole
perenco Oil Ltd
Stockton-On-Tees, TS18 2RJ, United Kingdom
http://www.perenco-uk.com
Phone +447937422049

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