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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: "Mr. Gabriel Da Coba" <ebe_johnson@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: intouch_0021@yahoo.it
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:22:38 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Mr. Gabriel Da Coba


>From Mr. Gabriel Da Coba
Hello Dear

I am Mr. Gabriel Da Coba of the (overseas delivery firm). I seek your assistance in clearing a treasure box containing a sum of Six million five hundred united states dollars ($6.5million), which has been dormant in our vaults in the last four years!,
An Arabic customer who has lost touch with us deposited the said box.
Going by the usual statutory rules governing our operation, the box shall be handed over to the relevant government authorities as an unclaimed deposit within the next three months details shall be made available to you as soon as I hear from you.

Please contact me as soon as you receive this mail. Thanks & god bless!

Regards,
Mr. Gabriel Da Coba


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