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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: faith good <johnson_060@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <pastor_jude_2007@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:19:02 +0100
Subject: Dearest Friend,






Dearest Friend,This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Now contact my secretary,bank the name of the bank is CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK and this is the Director name Dr Mohammed alifat,
and the bank email address; transferdept555@gmail.com and the bank email address; transferdept777@gmail.com telephone nomber; 00229 979 12 195telephone fax; .+229-9758-7662
tell them that you send by mr johnson peter, to send you $800.000.00 usd which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I have forwarded instruction to the bank to send the money to you, as soon as you contact them so feel free to get in touch with them to send the money to you without any delay. Also, iam advising you to contact them with your informations such as:
YOUR FULL NAME;.....................................................HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS;.........................................HOME/OFFICE TELPHONE;........................................COUNTRY;s CODE;?.................................................OCCUPATION;.........................................................GENDER;.................................................................MARITAL ...............................................................AGE;.....................................................................SEX; ...................................................................Sincerely Yours,Barr; johnson peter,


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