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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: Barry lambert <barrybet10@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <lamberty76@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:03:32 +0000
Subject: Hello,please contact me.


Partnership request,
I am contacting you for a business transaction involving GBP £30
Million hoping that you will contact me at your earliest convenient
for a possible business deal. I am presently the External Auditor of Pacific Finance Ltd, with your
sincere assistant and co-operation,I have determined to work this
deal with you if you can do the business.At the moment,I am constrained to issue more details about this
business until your positive response is received. Please take a
moment of your time schedules to read this and send your response. I
assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable. Thank you for your time and attention. Warmest regards, ........................Mr. Barry Lambert,External Auditor,Pacific Finance Ltd.

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