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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: "alexander attorneys" <alexanderattorneys_associates@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:59:31 +0200
Subject: Attn: Mr Jungder.


Attn: Mr. Bogohardt Jungder.

Dear Sir,

We have received your mail.

Unfortunately Sir, we are not in the position to answer your question
because we are not the Lottery Company that conducted the Lottery draw. It
was the Lottery Company that conducted the Lottery draws and gave out
winning notifications to various winners of the draw.

We are only contracted by the Lottery Company as their Southern Africa
accredited payment agent to monitor, supervise and ensure that winner's
payment within our zone is processed and released. Our primary duty is to
process, monitor, supervise and make sure that all winning funds within our
payment zone is completed and ensure that winners receive their funds
accordingly.

If you still have interest that we process your winning fund, please, kindly
forward all the requested information so that we can proceed with your file.

We anticvipate your earliest response.

Thank you.

Regards,

Dr. Peter Alexander Williams.

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