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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: "Deshi Achiuma" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 20:18:04 -0700
Subject: RE:PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!

RE: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION

This is to notify you that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in conjunction with the BANK CENTRAL ASIA, Indonesia with its head office in JAKARTA INDONESIA have decided to compensate all scam victims. After going through our files, your email address was found as one of the scam victim. The reason why the ASIAN BANK was chosen for the program is because we have a lot of scam records in Africa. Therefore you have been compensated with $2,500,000 United States Dollars. So you have to fill the below form and send back for and advice on how you will receive your money

Full Name-------------------------------------
Address---------------------------------------
Country Origin--------------------------------
Phone Number----------------------------------

The Board of directors has approved your $2,500,000 as a non deductible amount to insure that you will receive the actual amount approved for you. Therefore you have to immediately contact me back so that we shall proceed to make sure your compensation amount gets to you before the end of the week.

Regards,
Mr. Deshi Achiuma.

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