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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: MADDOX COMPANY <maddox.limited@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: maddox.limited@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:49:02 +0000
Subject:



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Hallo,
Wir sind ein einge und zertifiziert die Kreditgeber, die wir geben,
Kapital für geschäftliche und private purpose.we machen Kapital auf
klare und verständliche Geschäftsbedingungen.
Liebe Leser werden darauf hingewiesen, dass dieses Angebot für
schwere gesinnten Individuum, Unternehmen und companies.Do nicht diese
Chance entgehen. Erhalten Sie Ihr Kapital, um Ihre finanziellen
Probleme und zur Schaffung neuer Unternehmen zu lösen. Kontaktieren
Sie uns jetzt
MADDOX LIMITED

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