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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: "Barr. George F. Moore" <asuka_nozaki_1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Barr. George F. Moore" <bankmanager736@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:37:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: we have deliverd your ($2.5million usd.)


(I.M.F) INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (W.B.A) WORLD BANK



Good day dear

We have delivered your fund worth ($2.5million) dollars
through (d.h.l) Delivery Company about 2days ago, so go to any (d.h.l) delivery
company office around you and request for your fund worth ($2.5million) dollars
that sent to you through the help of his Excellency Mr. Yayi Boni the president
of Benin republic that use this opportunity to compensate all government hard
workings

but make sure that you paid for the registration fee of your
package before going to (d.h.l) office, because the manager of (d.h.l) delivery
company will not realize the fund to you except you make the payment and
forward the payment details via our email for us to forward their office
information to you where you will go and receive your fund without any excuse.

Because we have package all the necessary arrangement of
your fund worth $2.5, 000,000 usd, so we are waiting for your reply with the
require fee cost ($105) usd before sending the (d.h.l) direction office to
you,
please try to do as we explain to you so that we can get
everything done on time before it will be too late but remember that your fund
has already been delivered to you through (d.h.l) delivery company and it will
not be there more than one week, so try your possible best to make sure that
you send the $105 usd so that your fund can be realize to you.
Thanks and god blesses you for your understanding.

Best regard Barr. George F. Moore
Director legal of (W.B.A) World Bank

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