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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: alicia love <alicialove610@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:24:16 +0200
Subject: Hello
Hellow,
Good day my dear.How are you doing over there.Hope fine.in a short
way, my name is Alicia .From west africa.I am a young single pretty
girl,A girl that never married.I am a member of these dating site.i
see your profile here and i think that you will mash my type. i will
give you full explanation of myself when i hear from you.
thanks from,
Alicia
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