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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: "Mallisa O. Gai" <krich@interhides.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 04:56:37 +0700
Subject: RE: REPLY.


Beloved,…

I was instructed to deliver a Draft/Check of Five Hundred & Twenty
Five Thousand USD $525,000 to you by my Mentor “Actor Kirk Douglas. As
a result of his Charitable/Humanitarian Fundraising Donation for The
Less privileged/Interpreting Language program, from his foundation
which your name was listed among those to be paid the sum of
$1.200,000(one million two hundred dollars) each from The Douglas
Foundation. "Actor Kirk and Anne Douglas Donated the sum of $80
million in new gifts to an array and to help elevate some people’s
standard of living through his Foundation.  He simply does the
charitable/humanitarian project annually from his Foundation. Be
informed, your Check is right here ready to be dispatch. I'm hereby on
standby as soon as you are ready to receive the Check… However I will
be heading to the Courier Shipping Services in the next two hours time
to inquire from them about dispatching the Check to you depending when
we hear from you as it was directed by the CEO of this Foundation
“Actor: Kirk Do uglas, you are hereby req

Direct telephone number:
Residence/postal Address:
Complete Name:

Reply to my direct Email Address: douglasactorfoundations@gmail.com

As soon as I hear from you, I will immediately move to submit the
Check to the Courier Shipping Company for immediate dispatch and get
back to you.

Cheers…
Mallisa O. Gail



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