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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: "Elder David Archer"<2udavid111@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <2udavid113@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:41:51 -0000
Subject: OPEN

I am interested in establishing and operating a very viable business as a means of investment abroad. I do not know too well on how this is done in your country,So i will need you to help me in this regard. My preference is any good profit yielding business and i would appreciate any viable ideas you could come up with. I will also need you to help me look for properties in real Estate and lands for sale as i am proposing to invest $12,000,000.00. I do not know if you can and will be of help to me. Please i expect your good and prompt reply so that we can proceed swiftly. I will need the information below, Name, Full Address, Age, Mobile, Phone number and occupation.

Elder David Archer

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