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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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Fraud email example:

From: "mark" <need023@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:49:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Hello






Hello DearI'll be glad to inform you that we have a part time job going on,we are looking for a Male or Female representative,who can be working for us as a partime worker and get ($300) on every work u do. and we are happy to inform you that this would not affect your present state of work ,I am Mark Lawson 46 male,I work for Bishopston Trading Company in Bristol UK,Are you interested in the part time and would need more INFO about it??., before we proceed I'll like to know your a/s/l and what you do for a living and if you're really interested in this part time job ? PLEASE CONTACT ME BACK ALONE AT mark_lawson444@yahoo.comKindly get back as soon as you get this mailMr Mark Lawson

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