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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: "David lim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidlim44@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:47:25 -0800
Subject: From : Accountant manager

Dear,


Greetings to you, I am Mr. David lim a personal Accountant-manager. I make this offer to you in connection with the death of investor who bears the same last name with you has left some huge amount of Money (US$26.5 Million) with Our Bank for some years. After unsuccessful attempts in search of their relatives I decided to contact you because he bears the same last name with you, I am 100% in position to make changes of hard data information from old information to your new name as next of kin.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any Breach of law, waiting for your response for more details.



Sincerely,

Mr.David lim

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