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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 Mallam Mantu <in4o002271@hotmail.de>
Reply-To: mrmallammantu@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:39:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: READ CAREFULY AND REPLY BACK ASAP.


FROM: Mr Mallam Mantu.
THE DIRECTOR, AUDITING
AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO WEST
AFRICA .
I crave your indulgence as i contact you in such a surprising
manner.
But I respectfully insist you read this letter carefully as I am
optimistic it
wills open doors for unimaginable financial rewards for both of
us.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of Eleven Million five
Hundred
Thousand US dollars (US$11.5m). So kindly update me with your full
details such as. Full Name,ADDRESS,NATIONALITY,AGE,SEX,OCCUPATION,MARITAL
STATUS,PHONE,FAX
You should contact me as soon as you receive this letter
through my email
Trusting to hear from you immediately and please kindly give
me a call also.
This is my private phone number:  00226 75 841 965 
00226 75 841 965
Yours faithfully,
Mr Mallam Mantu



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