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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: "Mrs. Linda Palmer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <secretarylindaoffice@mail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 05:38:08 -0700
Subject: Re: My Compensation To You / FRom Mrs. Linda.

My Dear Friend,

How are you and your humble family today?I am happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.Presently I am in Paraguay for an investment projects with my own share of the total sum/fund.

Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist us in transferring the fund despite that it failed us some how that time. Note that I will not be able to access my mail until next year. Now contact my peronal assistant through his contact details below:

NAME: Mr. Femi Olaloku
CELL/TELL: +234 812 600 3372
EMAIL: mrfemiubaprivateemail@yahoo.co.jp

Call him and instruct him to send you the total $1,000.000.00,(ONE MILLION DOLLARS) draft which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts in assisting to receive the fund. I really appreciated your efforts at that time very much and may God continue to reward your good gestures.

So feel free and get in touch with my personal assistant in person of Mr. Femi Olaloku and instruct him on where and how to send the Draft containing the money to you by confirming to him your full name,address, telephone number, age and your occupation.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and myself are having at hand and because of this I may not be able to check my mail until next year.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to Mr. Femi Olaloku on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Note I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to send you a mail, which I guessed belong to you.

With best regards,
Mrs. Linda Palmer
iZiBuild Departamento IT
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