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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: =?big5?q?peter=20uzo?= <peteruzo3400@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: uzochipeter3@myway.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:06:04 +0800 (CST)
Subject: BELOVED IN CHRIST,CONTACT ME.I AM THE ACCOUNTS MANAGER TO LATE ENGINEER (KANE) A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY,WHO IS A CONTRACTOR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS.ON JANUARY 30TH 2000 ,MY CLIENT,HIS WIFE,AND THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE KENYA AIRWAYS CRASH WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER 5Y-BEN WHICH DEPARTED FROM NAIROBI TO DESTINATION LAGOS AND THEY ALL FAMILY DIED IN THIS FATAL AIR CRASH ON JANUARY 30,SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE


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