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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: "JB Ismail"<a.m@j-mail.info>
Reply-To: <M00C@albawaba.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:46:07 +0800
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED

Attn,


I am JB Ismail,an attorney at law,my proposition to you is to seek your consent,a deceased client of mine died as a result of heart-related condition on March 12th
2008. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disasteron the 26th
December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake.


Am contacting you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this deposit valued at Nineteen million dollars(US$19million dollars) is lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to
contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.


I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via my private EMAIL -:M00C@albawaba.com

Best regards,
JB Ismail.
Attorney at Law

This communication links contained herein,is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential or
legally protected.

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