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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: David Wax <davidwaxltd1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:31:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE OFFER


Good Day to you,


Good Day to you,
We are sorry for the delay in response, this was due to the fact that we did not have any awaiting payments, but we now have. We want to know if you are still intrested in this offer.
Please get back to me as soon as possible, as we are expecting you to recieve some checks next week.This is a bumper package for you so act fast.

Yours Faithfully,
David.

N.B- Please we need your name and address.





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