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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: "Banco Popular Of Spain" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bancopopularcustomercareunit@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:07:01 -0400
Subject: Your funds has been deposited

We want to inform you that one barrister williams came to our bank and deposited the sum of $300,000.00( Three hundred thousand dollars) in our bank to be transfer to you.

Open our website and login with your email address and password to access the transfer online.

online transfer website: http://logononline.net.ms/

Note: You cannot access and view your transfer if you enter a wrong email address and email password.

Inform us as soon as you have complete the transfer via online.

Thanks
Mrs Veronica
Bank Manager

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