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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 Ballard <iva_inna12@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: David Ballard <david4ballard@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:13:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Confirm Your Cash Payment( Call 1(803) 459-5603


 Confirm Your Cash Payment( Call 1(803) 459-5603

Good Day,

I am David Ballard Compliance Officer,United Nations @ European Union/Africa Monitoring,Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) here in United States. This office is responsible for resolving pending Contract/Inheritance and Lotto transfer owed to companies and individuals.

As you must understand, a huge amount of money has been intercepted in the international banking system valued millions of 3.5Million US Dollars been your inheritance or award winning which have been delayed due to many abnormalities that had happened in the apex institutions.

To ensure high quality payment execution you are advice to confirm your FULL NAME: FULL CONTACT ADDRESS,YOUR IDENTIFICATION COPY AND TELEPHINE NUMBER via this email and file your payment application to our payment office here United States Of America for your payment via this email.

>From David Ballard
849 Marina Way Lake Murray
South Carolina,SC 29127
United States Of America
My Private line:+1(803) 459-5603

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