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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: Rose Harry <rose_harry3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rose_harry500@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hi

Hello Dear.I hope you are enjoying the cold weather, mine weather is cold and
cloudy today,
My name is Miss Rose,Am 26yr old i live in dakar
senegal,looking for a serious relationship, it was very great when i saw your
email today,and i felt a great spark in my heart,and love is not all about
finding the right relationship but how to maintain it.Please i will like you to
email me back in my email address so that i can send you my photos and tell you
more about myself .
i am waiting to get a reply from you.
THANKS.
ROSE



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