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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: Ayesha Martin <ayesha.martin@ibps.in>
Reply-To: Ayesha Martin <mrpaulfrankmanagerwesternu@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 18:29:29 +0530 (IST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Transfer=C3=AAncia_soma_de_US_$_5.5Million_d=C3=B3lar?=

Esta é para informá-lo que as vossas $ 5,5 M USD será enviado a você via Western Union transferência de dinheiro. Mencionado acima é a quantidade total com a união ocidental soltou e eles vão enviar o dinheiro via Western Union para você. Notas serão enviar US $ 5.000 por dia para você.

Por isso eu quero que você enviar e-mail Mr.Paul Frank o supervisor união ocidental e pedir-lhe para dar-lhe o MTCN você precisa pegar o primeiro $ 5000 today.Call Mr.Paul Frank agora e pedir-lhe para dar-lhe MTCN e todas as outras informações que você precisa pegar sua 5,000 dólares hoje. Eis o que ele pode exigir de você.

Your Name Receiver ..........
Tel; ....................
País ..............
Endereço.
ENDEREÇO PERMANENTE: -...........
............... texto da pergunta
Resposta ...................

Contacte-lo agora neste endereço webmail: (mrpaulfrankmanagerwesternu@gmail.com) 229 98088765. pessoa de contato Mr.Paul Frank

Obrigado,
Mrs.Ayesha Martin

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