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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Andrew Bailey <andrewbailey875@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 05:55:37 +0000
Subject: How are you doing today
Hi,
My name is Andrew Bailey .
I want to come to your country to invest in medical feild
(I decided to contact you so you can help me invest my
fund in any medical feild you see as profitable, be it hospital,
pharmasitical,
Research e.t.c) provided it is profitable.
My father told me not to invest in my country because of politics matters.
After the death of my father, I successfully made up my mind to use my
fund with
swiss bank Escrow account.
My plan is i want to move to your country to invest in any good
business that you would suggest in medical feild as mentioned above
and start a
new life and marrage.
I will give you 20% of the money if you agree to help me to transfer
the money into your care before my arrival.
Please reply today without fail.
Andrew Bailey
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