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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: ruthj jawad <ruthj1_jawad@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:01:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS CODE: ALL IS WELL/RUTHJ/213)


Dear Pastor Robert Ised,

I have seen your mail; look it seems you don’t understand the procedures of this transaction, I told on my first mail to you 20% has been mapped out for the expenses that may occurred during the transaction period you seems to me that you want the lawyer to run all the expenses for you NO WAY if you care then contact the lawyer for the obtaining of the required document I know him and trust him that was why we have been using him for a very long time ago.

Note that without the documents bearing your name the funds will not be transfer or deliver to you, so you must observe the simple truth of the matter, all the expenses must be taking care by you if you really want to proceed.

Ruth Jawalus.




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