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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 A Brinnen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrqalibgh@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:18:22 -0700
Subject: DO NOT CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE AGAIN..THIS IS A WARNING FOR YOU..THANKS!!!

Attn: My Dear,
I am Mrs A Brinnen, I am a Swedish, 51 years Old. I reside  in ARLANDA - SUNDVALL - SWEDEN. My residential address is as follows. 7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs ARLANDA - SUNDVALL - SWEDEN, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, After I had paid over $20,000 while in ARLANDA - SUNDVALL - SWEDEN, trying to get my payment all to no avail.
So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Mr James B. Comey, who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE and also work with the fbi, and I contacted him and He explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting you through emails and phone calls are fake.
Get back to me so i can inform you properly on how you get all your stolen money back without sending all you hard earn money to the fraudsters and scammers because they are all fake according to the FBI who interrogated the arrested culprits they have in thier custody who confessed stealing people money with fake promises..
Mrs A Brinnen.
7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs
ARLANDA - SUNDVALL - SWEDEN
 

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