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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. Charles Soludo" <charles_soludo012@speedymail.org>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:09:59 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT!!


Dear Justin,

This is to inform you that my previous email address has been
infiltrated,You are to disregard all correspondence from that email box
and further transaction as regards this transfer will be sent to you via
this email box.

For safety purpose,All previous transaction to the aforementioned email
address(charles_soludo@speedymail.org) should be disregarded and any
email from it should be treated as irrelevant.

Please take note!!.

A new method of transfer and account details will be issued to you so
that we can commence the transfer of the sum $25,000,000 at once.

Please acknowledge receipt of this email.

Yours
Professor Charles Soludo
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Prof. Charles Soludo
charles_soludo012@speedymail.org

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