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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Anyanwu Jerry <donblack74@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 06:36:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: SAVE A SOUL
Dear sir,
Pls help me, am from guinea conakry
west africa my name is Jerry i have no father and my mother is in the village no body to
help,we are from a poor family since I was born I have never beeb happy for one
day
since the death of my father things
became worst and life are not easy for me and my mother in the
village, sir am in hell,africa is like animal kingdom were the strong once feed
on the weeker once
sir things has reached to a
point that i dont have any alternative than to cry out loud and come to you as
my saviour
help me sir in the name of GOD am
dieing slowly. befor GOD AND MAN am dieing slowly.HELP ME PLEASE
Yours
sincerly
Jerry
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