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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: "Bate Sparks" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <batesparks@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 16:50:13 -0500
Subject: Contact him now!!

Attention:

Good day., i am Bate Sparks the secretary in charge of fund release department united nations Europe/America., we are trying all possible best to make sure all unpaid beneficiary receive there unpaid funds.as a result of the on going compensation scheme, various means to reach you have proved abortive, and a box of money worth $2,700,000 have been given to my
diplomat fred lambert,but i let him know this box contain film material that he is to deliver it to your home address and he should deliver it to my client, i don't want him to know its huge sum because of trust and security purpose.

contact him now with the following information to deliver the boxes to your home address

Name:Fred Lambert
Email:frelambert4@gmail.com

Full Names:
Home Address:
Age:
Mobile /telephone no:
State:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Code:

Note: you are to provide him with this code 667jva,The code is specified for security reason..

Best Regards,
Mark Spencer

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