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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: "Kingsley W. Robinson" <wwiwther@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 08:52:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: YOUR EMAIL REQUIRES URGENT AUTHENTICATION


Hello my sister,

I have been calling your number but the number was busy. Please can you send to me your cell phone so that I will call you. more so, have you been able to contact the lawyer. Please kindly let me know.

Yours brother,

Mr. Kingsley.



Leoda Schulze <leoda.schulze_@germanmail.info> wrote:

Dear Sir/Madam,

We apologise for intercepting your email and sending you this automated reply.

Due to the huge amount of spam and marketing emails, we have recently introduced an email spam/filter control system at germanmail. This is to ensure that only authorised users can email and contact our clients.

Only approved incoming email addresses will now be permitted to contact our client email accounts. If you would like to be added to our list of approved senders, please fill out the short request form (see link below). Once we have approved your email details, we will forward your original message to the intended inbox. You do not need to re-send your message. We apologise for this one-time inconvenience.

Please use the following link to permanently approve your email contact details:

http://spam.izone.me.uk/sp.pl?i=20050802164745&e=wwiwther@yahoo.com

Thank you for your understanding.

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