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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: "Allen and Violet Large" <cleyte@discoverycentre.nf.ca>
Reply-To: allenand_v@yahoo.in
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:20:29 +0100
Subject: Good day To You


Good day To You, This is a personal email directed to you. I and my wife (A=
llen and Violet Large) won a Jackpot Lottery of $11.3 million in July and w=
e don't need all the money, we have voluntarily decided to donate the sum o=
f $1.1m (USD) to you as part of our own Charity Project to improve the lot =
of 5 lucky individuals all over the world. If you've received this email th=
en you are one of the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back t=
o our family lawyer with your details, he is in charge of ensuring all paym=
ents are disbursed to the right recipient. Endeavor to provide the undermen=
tioned information such as: Name, Address, Phone No, Age and Country of ori=
gin of recipient(s) should be forwarded to the contact information of our l=
awyer who will monitor the payment to all recipients given below: Lawyer Ra=
ymond Mahlberg & Co Solicitors. 136 Park Lane Whitefield Texas Dallas M45 7=
PX phone: 17-0240-95728 Emails: raymahlbergs.lawfirm@yahoo.com For more inf=
ormation on our jackpot lottery win please, go to the link below for confir=
mation: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/nicest-canadian-couple-world-dol=
e-lottery-winnings.html Good luck, Allen and Violet Large

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