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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. ALBINA BURCH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gastonjasper111@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 21:13:21 +0100
Subject: THIS IS THE THE LORD HAS MADE

Sir,
 
How are you and your humble family today?. I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting
the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Australia.Presently I'm in Australia
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget you're past
efforts and attempts to assist us in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how that
time.
 
Now contact my personal assistance, his name is MR.GASTON JASPER   and his email address is
(gastonjasper111@yahoo.co.jp ) ask him to direct you on how you will receive the total amount of five
million five hundred thousand British pound(£5.5 million) which I kept for you in a security company,
as your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts in assisting us in this matter. I appreciated
your efforts at that time very much and may God continue to reward your good gestures.So feel free to
get in touch with my personal assistance MR.GASTON JASPER ,he will direct you on how you will
receive the fund from the security
 
company by confirming to him your full name and address for submission to the security company.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering
at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new
partner and I are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my personal
assistance on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with MR.GASTON
JASPER and he will direct you on how to receive the fund from the security company. Note I have
attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to send you an email on this email address, which
I guesed belong to you.
 
With best regards
 
DR. ALBINA  BURCH

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