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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. Edger Hoover" <webmail00h@gmail.com>
Reply-To: online1claims@pisem.net
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:20:13 -0400 (AST)
Subject:




>From the Desk of Edger Hoover
Investigating Officer,
Ministry of Finance
630066 Hatton Garden,
London ECIN 8LE.
Mobile: +44 792 4556 244
Email: mr.edgerhoover001@yahoo.co.uk
Confidential Information

Dear Friend,
I know that this will come to you as a surprise since we do not know each
other before. For the purpose of introduction, My name is Edger Hoover; I
work with the Ministry of Finance, and I have seen that several times
people tried to divert your winning funds into their own personal account
I mean those you call your partners. Now I write to you in respect of the
amount which I have been able to send to you through the Federal
Government Diplomat who has arrived in Africa, now I want you to know that
the diplomat would deliver the funds which I have package as a diplomatic
compensation to you and the amount in the consignment is $6,000.000.00
(Six Million Dollars Only).

To this end, I did not disclose the content to the diplomat that the box
contain money but I told him that it is your compensation from the
Government House and from our affiliate in United State, I want you to
know that this funds would help your financial status as I have seen in
record in London and in United State that you have spent a lot trying to
receive this funds. I am not demanding so much from you but Just 40% of
the funds.
I want you to get back to me so that I can give you the contact
information of the diplomat who has arrived Africa for the past two days
and have been waiting to get your information so that he can proceed with
the delivery to your doorstep.
Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Edger Hoover


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