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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: anderson mabuza <agentandersonmabuza@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 00:52:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TREAT URGENT


ATTN;Minerva Jennings

THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING ALL YOUR CONCERN,AS REGARDS TO YOUR WINNING NUMBERS.I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT,YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO ASK QUESTIONS,BUT YOU DON NOT HAVE TO BE AFRAID.BECAUSE NO ONE IS PLAYING GAMES WITH YOUR MIND.

IT IS VERY TRUE THAT,YOU DID NOT ENTER OUR DRAW,ON YOUR OWN,THE LOTTERY DRAW IS A DRAW WHICH SELECTS EMAIL ADDRESSES AROUND THE WORLD AUTOMATICALY,IN TO OUR DATABASE,AS SOON AS THE DRAW IS DONE,ANY OF THE EMAILS,THAT WON OUR LOTTERY WILL THEN BE SELECTED.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE THE PRIZE,KINDLY SEND ME AN EMAIL STATING THAT I SHOULD CANCELL YOUR PRIZE,WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.SHOULD YOU WISH WISH TO CONTINUE,SEND ME YOUR MOBILE NUMBER WHERE YOU WILL CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY.

HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON









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