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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.Luren Jones" <maxz@ccic-bremen.de>
Reply-To: <owenandersonko@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:58:49 -0700
Subject: From:Mrs.Luren Jones Investigation Officer. Fraud Watch Department



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Attention Sir / Madam.

This is to officially inform you that after several investigations and
research at internet database we find you among those that have been
defrauded or attempted to be scammed in one way or the other and its
confirmed that you have truly been swindled by scammers in the hope of
getting your millions of dollars from them but they are not the right
people to pay you.We are working together with National

Security agencies in Europe,Africa,America,Asia,Australia etc. to track
every fraudsters down,therefore do not respond to their e-mails,letters
and phone calls any longer as they are scams and you should be very
careful to avoid falling further victim to fraudsters from now on wards
because they have nothing to offer you but to rip-off what you have
worked earnestly hard to earn.Be warned! Stop all communication with
them.

However,the investigation officials has finalized every necessary
arrangement to order the compensation of your loss / money.Your approved
settlement funds is total sum of $5.7MUSD and it was deposited with an
officer where the investigation started. Reconfirm your information to
them so they can be sure of the person they are paying. Please do not
ignore this message,it is not like other messages that you get because
you must receive this money this time.

Confirm to me the receipt of this message and send the following to
Dr,Owen Anderson.

1) Your full name..
2) Address..
3) Cell number..
4) Country..

Contact person: Dr,Owen Anderson
Email:(owenandersonko@gmail.com)


Yours sincerely,

Mrs.Luren Jones
Investigation Officer.
Fraud Watch Department

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