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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: Kate Peters <katepeters456@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:04:41 -0700
Subject: YOUR UNPAID FUNDS IS SAVED.

Dear Friend,

I am Miss Kate Peters, A computer scientist with CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA
(CBN). I am 28 years old, a British citizen just started work with
CENTRAL BANK CBN, I came across your file which was marked X and your
released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that
you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate but the fund has not
been release to you. The most annoying thing is that they cannot tell
you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to
you.

Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria; you may not understand
it because you are not a Nigerian. The only thing I will need to
release this fund is a special HARD DISK we call it HD120 GIG. I will
buy two of it, recopy your information, destroy the previous one, and
punch the computer to reflect in your bank account within 48 banking
hours.

I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file, after which I will
run away from Nigeria to meet with you. If you are interested. Do get
in touch with me immediately, You should send to me your convenient
tel/fax numbers for easy communications and also re confirm your
banking details, so that there won't be any mistake.

Send me email to my personal email box: katepeters50@yahoo.com

Regards,

Miss Kate Peters.

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