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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: "Stanley Rosenzweig" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ga5463305@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 00:27:38 +1100
Subject: Contact Barrister George For Your Compensation Funds.

Hello,
I am one of those that took part in award compensation many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $320,000 while in Manchester, trying to get my payment all to no avail. So I decided to travel down to the compensation/lottery company with all my compensation papers and I was directed to meet Mr. George Anderson who is member of Compensation Award Authority and a Human Rights Activist (Lawyer), and I contacted him and he explained everything to me, he said whoever is contacting me for the payment are fake, he took me to the paying bank for the claim of my compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest man on earth because I have received my compensation funds valued to $8,550,000 Moreover, Mr. George showed me list of those that are yet to receive their payment and I saw your email as one of the scam victims, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with whoever you are dealing with right now, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you.

I will advise you to contact Mr. George, you have to contact him directly on this information below.

Mr. George Anderson (Barrister)
Email: ga5463305@gmail.com
Tel: +1 (651) 237-5966

You have to stop dealing with those people contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing. The only money I spent after I met Mr. George was just $1850 for some official paperwork, take note of that.

Thank You and Be Blessed!

Stanley Rosenzweig
1414 Glacier Dr., San Jose, CA 95118

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