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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Adams Morgan" <info@adamsmorgan-import-export.com>
Reply-To: adamsmorgan147@uk2.net
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:25:52 +0000
Subject: I WANT YOU TO BE OUR REPERSENTATIVE!!!

Dear sir/madam,
I am Mr Adams Morgan,we are a group of business men who deal on
raw materials eg cocoa,rubber etc and some ancient art works,we export them
into canada and America. We are searching for representatives who can help
us establish a medium of getting to our costumers overthere as well as
making payments through you to us and earn 10% of every payment made through
you to us.Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our
representative.If you are interested,please fill in
the blank spaces below:

1.Your Full Names......................

2.Your Full Contact Address.....................

3.State/Country.....................................

4.phone number........................................

5.fax number........................................


Thanks
Mr Adams Morgan
ceo.


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