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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: "George Aken" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgeaken@ceibadipfreights.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 08:17:29 +0100
Subject: Call me urgent &respond asap

I am contacting you as the beneficiary/next of kin to late Mr Rikard estate/fund valued at 7.8Million
euros and 75kgs of gold to be claimed by you as the beneficiary because you have the same family/last
name with him. Your immediate/urgent attention is highly needed so that i can direct you on how to claim
this fund from the banks custody as i have been mandated to look for their relation of his.Please contact
me nowgeorgeaken127@gmail.com or georgeaken@yahoo.com for more information and directive.
You are also advice to provide listed information below.Your Age........./Occupation................
Your phone .................Private email address..................
Best Regards, Tel:00229 967 80 987George Aken (esq)

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