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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: "Dr.Larry J .Roland" <unionwstern@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Dr.Larry J .Roland" <m.gram@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:06:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ATTN Please,


 ATTN;Please,This is to inform you that your email ID has won you prize, the sum of
$1.800,000.00.  for the Year 2014 Lottery promotion organized by
Western Union Company here in Benin, Your Email-ID was selected by the
Microsoft Corporation which Always Supplied Western Union Company With Five
Thousand Email Addresses of Active Internet Users Yearly. Your Email
Address Was Submitted as one Of the Active Internet Users for the Year
2014.We have concluded to effect your payment via Western Union by $5000
daily until the entire total fund is completely sent to you.The director administrator of fund release has signed the approval of
your payment $1.8 million usd ; therefore, All you have to do is to
contact them at:(m.gram@outlook.com) they will give
you direction on how you will be receiving the funds daily. But My
agreement with them is 5,000 USD daily until the whole of 1.8 M-USD is
transferred.also send them your information such as name,address and
phone.The contact person is Pastor.Chris Chinedu
Phone number; +22968298741
Email : m.gram@outlook.comReconfirm the require information’s below.Your full name……………..
Sex.................................
Age.................................
Address…………………….
Direct telephone contact……………Thank you.
Dr.Larry J .Roland

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