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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: "ambrose zubti" <ambrose_zubti@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:31:37 +0200
Subject: Re:FROM AMBROSE URGENT.



Dear Randy

NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU TOO.BUT ALL I HAVE TO TELL YOU IS THAT THE INVESTOR SENT THE MONEY TO YOUR ADDRESS YOUR HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE BANK AND CASH IT.YOU AND YOUR WIFE SO THAT VERY THING WILL BE EASY FOR US OK.

Is true that there is a lot of fraud but the investor can't do that because we have to pay him back by intrest of 10% of the money.please let me know as soon as your receive it ok.what we need for this transaction is only 8 000 US DOLLAR but the investor sent 9 000 US DOLLAR so you have to keep 1 000 US for your expenses and send down the other money for this transaction.

Bye for now and hope to hear from you as soon as possible ok.

Regards

AMBROSE


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