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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: "director Freeman." <steeno@alice.it>
Reply-To: britis.hhigh@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:47:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Transfer !!

Dear beneficiary how are you and your family , we have waited for you to
contact for your compensation you did not respond , if you are not interested
in your fund let us know , due to the delay,This is to notify you That your
funds valued (U.S.d $2,500,000.00) has been deposited today to AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK OF BENIN . For your convenience, You Will Have to transfer
Through Within 24hrs by E ­banking online by yourself to your local account. By
of this method, You Will monitor the movement of the local funds online till
your account is duly credits. Contact the bank to Provide personnel with the
login details so You Can commence the transfer by yourself. CONTACT PERSON:
Dr_Usman Bello EMAIL: (africdevelopmentbank@ymail.com) regards director Freeman.

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