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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "john orourke" <empirestatebuilding@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:44:05 +0000
Subject: mohammed101ng@universia.net.co

Dear staff at 419report@gmail.com

I received an e-mail about a nigerian who had been imprisoned, and later released for so-called evidence in his favour.  The story is on the bbc website.

To get to the point, the person e-mailing me was claiming to be "obacha", and promised me a sum of the £20 million.  Please could you inform the public in regards to this.

 

*****

The worrying aspect in all this is that the page is real!!!!! i checked it out.  Try it yourself.  it is indeed a page on the bbc.co.uk website.  This is serious, as people could be duped into thinking that they will receive money.

 


http://www.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2492425.stm

 

mohammed101ng@universia.net.co



 

John O'Rourke    


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