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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: "Dr. Dempsey R. Williams"<dm100049@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <rm100049@webmail.co.za>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:35:52 -0500
Subject: Delivery Of Your Consignment To Your Doorstep

Dear Sir,

We wish to inform you that your fund which you have been processing for some period of years is coming through a diplomatic means to your door steps in cash.

We are a diplomat attached to OCC (Overseas Credit Commission).
We advise you to forward to this department your home address where you want the consignment to be delivered and your telephone number, and also your International Passport or Drivers' License for Identification.

As soon as we receive these information required the consignment briefcase of $2.5m will be forwarded to you immediately and the date of our officer arriving will be given to you.

Attn: pls you can mail us through this e-mail addresss,(rm100049@webmail.co.za).

We wait your reply.

Dempsey Williams

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