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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: "DAVID JACKSON" <davidjaook1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:56:33 +0100
Subject: I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU NOW

Our Ref: RTB /SNT/STB
To: Beneficiary

I am F.B.I David Jackson. And I am among the special agents
delegated by the United Nations to Africa to investigate
fraudsters who has been swindling Foreigners that came for
transaction/contracts in Africa. Please be informed that
during our investigation, we got to find out that you were
scammed a huge sum of money by Africans via Western union
and MoneyGram. So, in this case,the United Nations has
mandated that you must be compensated with the sum of Two
Million Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
($2,600,000.00 USD) for been a victim.

Note that the said fund will be transfer to you via the
Citibank being the paying bank mandated by the United
Nations officials.

However, we have to inform you that we have been able to
arrest some of the swindlers who has scammed you of your
hard earned money. Please be informed that we have limited
time to stay back here, so we will advice you to urgently
respond to this message ASAP. And do not inform any of the
people that collected money from you before now about this
new development to avoid jeopardizing our investigation. All
you need to do is to follow our instruction and receive your
compensation accordingly as directed by the United Nations.

We urgently wait to receive your response.

Reply back to: davidjaook1@hotmail.com

Regards,
DAVID JACKSON
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATION ON ALL ONLINE WIRE TRANSFER

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