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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. Dennis Plat" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:51:48 -0400
Subject: HELLO

Am Dr. Dennis Plat,a business contractor and London stock exchange broker for the past 25 years, am contacting you based on my health condition which makes me not able to handle this contract money which my company got paid for contracts by American Goverment by First National Bank Of Artesia,my condition critical from a failed heart surgery , am now at specialist hospital recovering, because of this i ask to chose a foreigner who can receive the amount of $52 Million USD from my contract payments,Send me a reply back your a proper identification of you if you are willing to carry out the task on my behalf and to help me Invest it in your Country.

kindly write me back only if you ready to assit me and carry out these task with Trust!!

Dr. Dennis Plat.
Cell Phone: +447514331488

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