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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: "MR MOHAMMED" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohammedabacha1000000@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 16:08:59 +0100
Subject: URGENT REMINDER

Dear sir
good day to you,my name is mr mohammed
abacha,i have the sum of twenty five million
dollars in security
volt of fidelity bank, i want to transfer the money to your
exchange company account in UAE
please provide me with your phone number and bank
details,the transfer will take place asap
i will give you 20%

EMAIL ME mohammedabacha1000000@yahoo.com
call 44 77 00067341


thanks
mr mohammed abacha

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