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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: Dr David Anthony Dike <drdavidanotheydike@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 01:08:22 -0700
Subject: PLEASE REPLY IF YOU ARE ALIVE

I WANT TO CONFIRM FROM YOU TO KNOW IF YOU SEND ANY OF YOUR RELATIVE TO COME
AND CLAIM YOUR FUND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR

INFORMATION TO THEM.THIS IS MAKING IT THE SECOND TIME

SUCH THING IS HAPPENING.

SO PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO COME OR SEND THE REQUIRED FEE FOR THE
TRANSFER OF YOUR FOUND ,KINDLY WAIT UNTILL

YOU ARE READY OR YOU SHOULD WRITE AN APPLICATION

LETTER TO THE AGENT FOR APPROVAL AND YOU SHOULD ALSO SEND THE PERSON WITH
ENOUGH PROOF IF NOT SO YOU TOGETHER WITH THE

PERSON YOU SEND WILL BE HANDLED ACCORDING TO THE

LAW.

YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED ANOTHER EMAIL THIS TIME FROM A LADY CALLED, MRS
AMELIA HUNTS, SHE CALLED WITH THIS TELEPHONE

NUMBER:+18668623100 AND HER EMAIL ADDRESS AS;

yiaovi_k8@gmail.com INFORMING ME THAT YOU ARE DEAD, THAT SHE IS YOUR NEXT
OF KIN,THAT I SHOULD SEND HER YOUR FUND TO

HER HOME ADDRESS: 1011 S 7TH ST. WATER TOWN, WI

53094,
AND SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT YOU INSTRUCTED HER TO CLAIM YOUR PROPERTIES
INCLUDING YOUR MONEY IN CASE YOU ARE NOT HERE TO

BE FOUND ON EARTH AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO YOU.

SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO GET THE
FUND BECAUSE YOU TOLD HER SOMETHING LIKE

THAT SOME TIME AGO AND I SHOULD LET HER KNOW THE

COST.

I ASKED HER TO HOLD ON SO THAT I VERIFY AS I DID NOT DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU
BEFORE.YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN LONG AND YOU

DID NOT CONTACT ME AGAIN CONCERN YOUR FUND, SO

REPLY WITH YOUR CURRENT INFORMATION AGAIN TO ENABLE ME KNOW THAT YOU STILL
ALIVE.

PLEASE CLARIFY ME IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE TO KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT
BECAUSE I AM CONFUSED NOW ABOUT THIS CLAIM'S.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY,BECAUSE ITS YOUR RESPONSE
THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT I WILL DO ON THIS

ISSUE.

YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE.

I REMAIN YOURS IN SERVICE.
PLEASE REPLY IF YOU ARE ALIVE

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