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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.Bellack" <morrisbellack@apnamultan.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:36:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BUSINESS



Dear Friend,
 
Good day, I am the Director in charge of Auditing section here in my Bank
,I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($10.5 million US
dollars immediately to any account of yours.
 
upon your reply I will send you the full details on how the business will
be executed,send me your contact information.1.Age.(2)Residential adress(3)
occupation(4)private telephone.
 
Waiting to hear from you soonest. please do reply me on this email;  morrisbellack@sify.com 
 from Mr Morris Bellack.


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