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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: "Christiana Cameron" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <7088255information@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 23:50:30 +0100
Subject: Approved Payment For 2015


Congratulations Unpaid Beneficiary,

It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $10.2 million due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the releasing of your fund.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of the globe, We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government in conjunction with the African leaders have ordered the money recovered from the Spammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe.

To effect the release of your fund valued at $10.2 million, you are advised to contact the director of payment in west- Africa via his email address with the information below,

Dr. Andrew Williams
Email: 7088255information@gmail.com

On contacting him do provide him with the following informations:

Your full Name...
Your Address:.................
Home/Cell Phone:...................
occupation...........................
age/sex

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Christiana Cameron.
Financial Crimes Commission.
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol.

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