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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: goodluckjonathan777@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:36:42 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONGRATULATION IN ADVANCE ,CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER 234-8079244833 0R 234-8025456094 has forwarded a page to you from Criticat

CONGRATULATION IN ADVANCE ,CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER 234-8079244833 0R 234-8025456094 thought you would like to see this page from the Criticat web site.
Message from Sender:

FROM THE PRESIDENCY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA THE DESK OF: DR GOOD LUCK JONATHAN PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA DIRECT PHONE: 234-8025456094 EMAIL,goodluckjonathan777@hotmail.com ATTENTION.SIR/MADAM THIS IS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT YOUR FUND OF $32 MILLION WILL BE RELEASE TODAY . YOU ARE ADVISE TO RECONFIRM YOUR BANKING INFORMATION INCLUDING YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER TO SO THAT YOUR FUND WILL BE RELEASE TODAY WITHIN 1 HOUR AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU . CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER 234-8079244833 0R 234-8025456094 CONGRATULATION IN ADVANCE BEST REGARDS DR GOOD LUCK JONATHAN


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