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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: "Fred James" <fredjames2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:48:36 +0000
Subject: Payment arrangement...


Hello Elisabeth,

Thanks you once again for your quick respond. I must tell you am happy to
hear this, as soon as you send this payment to the accountant in Nigeria,
you will recieved, another check from our client in USA.

This is the information of the accountant, we dont want to use the company
account, to make it faster, that is why i providing the accountant details
below, so we want you to send it via westernunion money transfer.

Oluwaseun Aina
43 college road,
ogba lagos,
Nigeria 23401

Look forward to read from you.

Best regards,




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