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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: Maldaline Yahaya <maldalinecynthia@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: maldaline_cynthia@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 00:52:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: encantado de conocerte


encantado de conocerte
























































Mi nombre es Miss maldaline yahaya cynthia, vi tu perfil de correo
electrónico de hoy y se interese en ti, me gustaría que por favor
enviarme correo electrónico a mi dirección de correo electrónico
(maldaline_cynthia@yahoo.co.uk) para que te dé mi bellas imágenes y
para darle más información sobre me.I le estará esperando el correo de
hoy, (recordar que la distancia y el color ni el idioma doesn, la
materia pero no el amor)
























































Cynthia maldaline

















































































































(Maldaline_cynthia@yahoo.co.uk)




























































































































































































































































































nice to meet you
























































My name is Miss maldaline cynthia yahaya, i saw your email profile
today and become interested in you ,i will like you to please send me
mail at my email address (maldaline_cynthia@yahoo.co.uk) for me to give
you my beautiful pictures and to tell you more about me.I will be
waiting for your mail today, (remember that distance and colour neither
language doesn,t matter but love does)
























































maldaline Cynthia

















































































































(maldaline_cynthia@yahoo.co.uk)



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