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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: prof soludo charels central ba <prof_soludo_charles001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:11:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE : URGENT BANK DETAILS, GET BACK TO ME


THANKS FOR UR MAIL
MR JUSTIN
I HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR MAIL . AM SORRY MY COMPUTER HAS A FULT ON THE ENTER BORAD THAT IS WHY IT WAS SENT THAT WAY, HOW FAR HAVE U GONE WITH THE TRANSFER OF THE $75,000, U CAN DROP YOUR MOBILE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN REACH U ONLINE , THIS IS THE
BANK DETAILS BELOW.
THANKS
PROF SOLUDO CHARLES
GOV (CBN)





HSBC BANK PLC
BROADWAY,NEW YORK,
NY-L99 IS
SWIFT CODE:MRMDVS33
ABA NO:021001088
A/C NO:00005327-9
A/C NAME:T.B.LTD
BENEF:DEVINE ORIENT LTD





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