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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. COLLINS ADAM" <kennethumuikwu3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:28:53 +0700
Subject: RE: HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

Hello My Good Friend!

How are doing today my good friend? And how is your family, together with
your health condition, hope all is well with you? Please don't say that I
forget you after your assistance to me. Honestly I deeply appreciate your
past effort to assist me when I am in need, Now I'm happy to inform you
that I have finally succeeded in getting those funds and Gold transferred
under the co-operation of another friend of mine from Colorado USA

Now you are to contact my business Manager in Malaysia Mr. Bill Onono for
the release of your compensation which I kept with him on your behalf, his
name is Mr. Bill Onono and his email address is as follows {
billonono2011@live.com}, contact him with your current information and
postal address for the release of your compensation in amount of $1.1
million with 50kg Gold which I kept under his care and control

Please make sure you re-confirm to him your details information such as
your present address in full and other personal information including your
ID and telephone number, inform me once you have receive your compensation
package from him.

I wish you all the best in this year 2014

Sincerely,
Collins Adam

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