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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: "Paul Jonathan" <jonathanpaul928@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pauljonathan7@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:46:15 -0000
Subject: The Truth of The Matter




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Dear.


How are you today? I hope this email gets to you in good condition?

PROPOSAL: My name is Paul Jonathan a son to Former president of Nigeria ,

Due to the fear of the unknown the sum of ($150,000,000.00) One hundred
and fifty million United States Dollars have been moved out to abroad
through the Landborder, Can you assist us?

Kindly revert as soon as posible to declare your williness to partner
with us in this project.

Yours Truly

Paul Jonathan


The Truth of The Matter

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