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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: Doris Zuma <doris_zuma3@msn.com>
Reply-To: <doriszuma1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:57:50 +0000
Subject: Please treat as urgent.



Good Day ,

This message is directed to you for the purpose of a transaction that is worth US$7.4M.
This transaction is completely legitimate and all legal documents will be provided which will cover you and the funds during the course of this transaction.

I am Doris Zuma by name and I am presently in South Africa precisely because of this transaction. If you are interested in this transaction, I will advise you send me an email with the following details:

Full Name:
Tel Number:
Age:
Occupation:

The reason for these details to be released to me is for me to be sure I am not corresponding with the wrong person. Note that you are been contacted because of your credibility and as such, I must be very sure someone else is not playing a fast one on either of us.

If you would like to discuss further about this transaction kindly email me back.

Your response will be highly appreciated at this point because this money has been delayed for too long and I would like to finalize the transaction as soon as possible so that I invest it in a good and profitable business which will still be under your supervision.

Thanks a lot.

Doris Zuma

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