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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:

This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2289387780 (Togo, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Cliff Omar <cliff_omar2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:55:13 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: thanks.

VICTIM-FULLNAME

Thanks for you email massagen, and i want to use this oportunity to reasure you that this is real you dont need to fear ok.

Tomove forward i like you to funished me your information like Telephone number, address, age, fax number, and any other informations you know that will interest me and link us through to this transaction. as soon as i get this information i will move to high court of justice to sworn affdavit of probate certificate in you favour when i finished with the court i will send a copy to you and sumitt the original copy to the bank so that they will contact you.

Thanks

Cliff Omar
+228-9387780.

Please feel free to contact me in this line.

Is this a spam or is this the real thing. I need to know for sure, I don't want to get scammed again.
What do I need to do
VICTIM-FULLNAME

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