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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: "senatorwaziri1@terra.es" <senatorwaziri1@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:52:25 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONFIRMATION !!! YOUR COMPENSATION PART PAYMENT



CONFIRMATION !!! YOUR COMPENSATION PART PAYMENT


Dear Friend ,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the
cooperation of a new partner from paraguay who is an
international business man.

Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with
my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not
forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us
some how.

Now contact my secretary, her contact is:
Name: Mrs.Bukky David
Email: mrs_bukky_david@yahoo.com

Ask him to send you the total $450.000.00 (Four
Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) which I kept
for your compensation for all the past efforts and
attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated
your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and
get in touched
with my secretary Mrs.Bukky David and instruct she
where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at
that time. In the moment,I am very busy here because
of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to
my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so
feel free to get in touch with Mrs.Bukky David and she
will send the amount to you without any delay.

With best regards.

Senator.Waziri Sambo





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