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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: "Mr. Paul Stevens" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pauulstevens@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 02:50:58 -0800
Subject: Email From Paul Stevens


My names are Paul Stevens, I'm 58 years old and a Protocol / Operational officer assigned to the United Nation, a job I have handled for over 13 years till date. In my capacity, I am designated to over-see and investigate almost any operation I may feel is out of line.

But Three (3) weeks ago, I took a personal initiative to run a check through the six security vaults, which keeps the custody of most valuable, treasures and delicate items. Four out of the six passed without much interest until I discovered in the sixth over $10.5 Million United State Dollars respectively.

It became even more interestingly to realize that your e-mail was well placed and tag on it. And to my greatest surprise, it has been a long time pending package which was supposed to have been delivered to you.

Meanwhile, before I will proceed further, I will implore to re-confirm the information I have with me as stated below:

Full name:
E-mail:
Residential Address:
Cell Number:

I shall give you further details as soon as I re-confirm the above information.

Yours
Paul Stevens

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