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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: Jarette McDouglas <authorised_agent_7710@yahoo.de>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:29:49 +0100 (CET)
Subject: VERY URGENT


Attn:
I am in receipt of your mail and i want you to understand that we are not in any way in connected with fraud as a mater of fact you will need to send to us ur personnal informations,FULL NAME,TEL,AGE,OCCUPATION,
NATIONALITY and a scan copy of your drivers licence or international passport so that we can proceed with the processing of your winnings immediately.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 25,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies and individuals that were listed online.

As soon as we receive your informations,you will be required to to choose from all our transfer options that which is suitable for you for your winnings to be received by you.


Hoping to hear from you soon


Regards


Jarette


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