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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: pastor philip <pastorphilip3837@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 05:35:58 -0800
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM MR LOUIS SZABO


*How are you together with your household? Hope you both are in good*
*hearth. Please do not ignore this email Message though it came from*
*someone you don't know as you know that there is a lot of fraudulent*
*activities going on worldwide today, its my pleasure to introduce my*
*humble self to you as we have not come in connect before. I am Mr.*
*Louis Szabo,Australian citizen 58 years of Age. My residential address*
*is as follows 1/17 Mirambeek Road, Hoppers Crossing, Victoria*
*Australia Zip Code*.3029. I am one of those that took part in*
*Compensation Award in West Africa few years ago and they refused to*
*pay me, I had paid over $326,800 while in the Victoria Australia,*
*trying to get my payment all to no avail.*

*So I decided to travel down to West Africa with all my compensation*
*documents three weeks ago and I was directed to meet Barrister Phillip*
*Kojo Esq, who is the member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE and*
*Human Rights Activist(Lawyer) I contacted him and he explained*
*everything to me. He even went further saying that whom soever*
*contacting people through emails that so many of them are fake.*

*He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation*
*payment. Right now I am the most happiest man on earth because I have*
*received my compensation funds amounting to US$3,500,000.00 dollars.*
*Moreover Barrister Philips Kojo, showed me the full information of*
*those that won lottery and those whose inheritance fund had not been*
*paid and the list of all outstanding contractor that were owed that*
*are yet to receive their payments in West Africa such as Benin*
*Republic,Ghana and Nigeria and I saw your information's as one of the*
*scam victims, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with*
*those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money*
*out of you. I will advise you to contact Barrister Phillip Kojo Esq.*

*You have to contact him directly on this information below.*

*COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE,*
*Name : Barrister Phillips Kojo Esq)*
*Email:info.philip_kojo@lawyer.com <Email%3Ainfo.philip_kojo@lawyer.com>*
*Telephone: +233-578-182-124*

*The only money I paid was just US$453.00 ONLY(Four Hundred and Fifty*
*Three Dollars only, for (Non-Residence Clearance Certificate), which*
*is necessary to be paid, so you have to take note of that. I Will*
*Advice you to contact Barrister Phillips Kojo so that he can help you*
*to finalize your fund Transfer instead of dealing with those liars*
*that will be turning You around asking you for different kind of money*
*to complete your Transfer.*

*Thank You and Be Blessed.*
*Mr. Louis Szabo*
*1/17 Mirambeek Road,*
*Hoppers Crossing,*
*Victoria Australia.*

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