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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: "Dennis Coleman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <allgeorge11@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:12:44 +0100
Subject: From Mr. Dennis Coleman

Hello Sir/Madam

Please the content of this mail must be kept very confidential. I am
Mr. Dennis Coleman and I am the chief Accountant of a very reputable Oil
Company in my Country. I will like to introduce a Business deal to you
which will be beneficial to both of us. I wish to transfer fund for
investment in your country of the sum of $10.5M and I need a capable
person that can receive the funds on my behalf.

At the moment, the fund is deposited with a Security Company and needs
to be transferred out of the Country asap to avoid complications. If
you are interested and capable of handling this deal and receive the
fund in your Country without any hitch, do get back to me immediately.
I will give you full details of this deal as soon as I receive your
positive response.

Regards,

Mr. Dennis Coleman

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