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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: "SAP" <info@alliance-healthcare.it>
Reply-To: vanschalkwyk.danny@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 04:45:22 -0800
Subject: FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE

Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS
we fight against fraud, funds delay and impersonation.
Postal Address: P O Box 2629, Alberton, 1450
Street Address: Block 5, Meyersdal Office Park, 65 Philip Engelbrecht
Street, Meyersdal, 1448.




Sir/Madam,


Do email us back regarding your compensation.


1. Your full name:
2. Your residential address:
3. Mobile and fax number (for regular official contact).


do get back to this office through email(vanschalkwyk.danny@yandex.com)





Officially Signed,

Van Schalkwyk Danny
SAFPS Executive Director

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people(s) to whom it was intended to be addressed. The contents of the email
may be privileged and confidential. Any unauthorised use may be amounted to a
crime according to the art. 622 and 623 of the Italian Penal Code. You should
not copy or use this mail without authorisation of the addressee and of the
sender. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the author by
replying to this e-mail then delete the message, its attachments and any
printed copy. The sender's Company guarantees that the outgoing messages
are safe but cannot accept liability for any interception, corruptions or
damages to this e-mail message. It is the receiver's responsibility to protect
its own system from any virus infection from any third party. The opinions
expressed in this e-mail or in its attachments represent those of the
individual and not necessarily those of sender's Company, which
shall not be liable for the transmission of such opinions to the sender or any
third party.

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