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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: "NO NAME" <infooffice023411@angelsbaseball.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:07:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL


Attention

REF: CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL
I had the pleasure to introduce my self to you.
I'm Jarry Eric, aged 48, married with 3 children hold BA in political
science, currently Special Adviser to the President on the contract
and related issues, with the ambition to contest the election for
governor of my state in 2016 that the election is very capitalintensive here, no matter how popular you are.

In this perspective, it made ??I know that you are able to handle
this confidential matters with me, which is very dear to me because
that's where I'll make my money in the campaign.

I have in my possession $ 35.5 MILLION before I want to receive the
fund as a contract payment, you will have 30% of this money for your
self, then you are going to invest 30% for me all of your investment
choices that you know it will bring benefits, 5% for charity, while
the other 5% will be paid out of fees on your side and my side, as
soon as you answer, I'll give you details how we go about this because
it will take 14 working days to have the funds in any account that you
nominated outside my country Nigeria as I have interest to investing in your country.

Reply to jerryeric98@outlook.com
thank you
Jerry ERIC
+ 234-8160903501
Reply Rep

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