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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: "aldudu dawa2006" <aldududawa2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:25:35 +0000
Subject: pls call me fast 00226 76 40 82 34 for more discuess

thanks

i have been expecting your mail, i receive a mail from the london account
that i gave to you that you have not made the payment and they are trying to
transfer the money back to my country, pls i want you to be seroius so that
we can not loose this opportunity ok as we are end of this transcation , pls
be fast and made the payment fast and make sure you send me the payment slip
as to be sure and also the london account to be sure of what we are doing
baecsue they are still doucting that we are joking pls.
this is very urgent my good friend this is our change to win this goal of
what we have been surfering and i belive my god grace things will go fine.
make the payment and get back to me fast.
dudu

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