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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: "bruce brownoffice" <brucebrownoffice@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 07:39:02 +0000
Subject: Congratulation Once Again



Attn: Tressa Lovel,


Your mail was received and the content properly understood. Meanwhile I
still remember that it was
stated in our first mail to you that your name was selected randomly from
World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000
companies.

Therefore, if your ready to claim your winning fund, you are hereby required
to forward your personal information for the processing of your winning fund
for immediate transfer of the money into your nominated account.

Congratulation once again.

Thanks.

Yours truly,

Mr. Bruce Brown.

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