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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: "Demba Gaye" <dgaye007@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dgaye009@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:05:33 +0200
Subject: Private Investment

Attn:

Private Investment

Hopefull that this will meet your interest as a serious business man, hence I will disclose more details on your prompt response. You can call me on this number for talks 2214312623.

I am about to disengage from service as a revenue director in the ministry and have acquired some good amount as investment fund. This is why I decided now to make this important contact with you for my retirement plans.

Due to rampant abuse of the internet by spams,I will reserve crucial details of the programme for personal security untill we can establish mutual trust and concern.

Chief Demba Gaye(Esq.)





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