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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: Mrs Rose James <m_caravati@alice.it>
Reply-To: mgramoffice373@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:56:04 +0100 (CET)
Subject:

Hello dear, how are you doing today am here to inform you
that we have

deposited your 2.5M usd to MoneyGram Office for
transfer and you will be

receiving $5,000 usd everyday until your $2.5M USD is
completed transferred.

Please contact MoneyGram office with below address:

Mr.Chidi Bello Email:(mgramoffice373@gmail.com)

Beneficiary name========
Address=========
country=========
Tel phone=======

Regards
Mrs Rose James

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