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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: "tunde aliu" <tundealiu2005@compaqnet.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:08:14 +0100
Subject: (unknown)

Dear Friend,

I want you to assist me and my partner to recieve a package which we are
working on how to move it out of our country down to your country,and we
promise to give you 20% of the package.

We only need:
(1) Your full name (2) Your address (3) Mobile Telephone number
(4) Your international passport number or Photograph for us to make the
deposit with your name.

The flight that will be living with the package will be living this
weekend that is why we need your assistance for us to make sure the package
live immediately.

The content of the package is $15 million U.S dollars our company Sell Bloc,
Crude Oil want to send this money to our customers in Europe through a
security company and it was declare and tagged Artifact.

We want to divert the money to you so that we all will shear it,So we want
you to send us the needed informations for us to deposit the money with your
name to the security company that will be living with the package.

Please we are sorry if we have offended you for the assistance,but we
believe the business will change our life.I wait your reply with the
informations so that we will deposit it with your name as the rightfully
beneficiary and after that we give you the Goods Number, Code,The Tracking
Number.

Note you can also reply me in my private emails; tundealiu2005@compaqnet.fr
Thanks and God bless us,

DR Tunde Aliu.
Private Email. tundealiu2005@compaqnet.fr





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