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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: Moussa Joy <moussajoy@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:44:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: demande de club


demande de club       
                                                                                                                           
salut  a vous cher Managers , comment allez   vous  je  m' appelle
DJOY  Moussa  je suis Béninois,j'ai 18 ans je suis droitier et pese
65kg  .je suis a la recherche d' un club de football pouvant m aider
dans mon domaine de footballeur . je suis un milieu de terrain
offensif,et je suis tres tres bon et tres tres rapide dans le jeux
offensif et tres polivalant   j aimerai beaucoup jouer a   l extérieur
et je n ai pas les moyens , mes parents sont  d'accord pour que j'aille
jouer en Europe si j"ai les moyens ,voila que je n'ai pas les moyens
voila pourquoi je vous écris  chers managers , agents de la Fifa et
présidents de club de football   aidez moi pour que demain moi aussi je
soit un grand joueur.aider moi je vous  en pris. voici mon numéro +229
99 82 14 22    +22964 24 29 14

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