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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. Eric Ben." <hmrc.refund@rova.hu>
Reply-To: "wu2014@barid.com" <wu2014@barid.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 23:29:05 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ATTENTION;THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL



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ATTENTION;THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL
congratulations;This is to inform you that your lottery wining funds of $5.5musd will be sending to you by western union at the rate of $4500 daily,So contact the western union payment agent Mr John Cole with your information to start sending the funds to you today.
Here is the contact Information of Mr John Cole.
E-mail;wu2014@barid.com
Tel; +234-8180868940
God Bles you while i wait to here from you soon.
Thanks
Mrs. Eric Ben.

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