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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: NELSON MOMOH <nelson5momoh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <nalsonmomoh@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 19:58:08 -0400
Subject: Enquiry...




Hello

My name is Dr Nelson Momoh .I won American Lottery with my family and would like to come to states to stay.Pls kindly secure for me 2 bedroom apartment for our arrival.State how much it will cost including the furnishing of the apartment.
My furniture company Stockholm furniture is in Greece to take care of the furnishing.
Contact me as soon as possible to enable me make some money avaliable for the expenses in time to aviod delay in the date of my departure.
Yours faithfully ,Nelson Momoh.
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