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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 Jamal <rosejamal3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rosejamal200@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello


أنا مهتم انا فيكم.
اسمي ارتفعت انا طويل القامة ، وسيم ورعاية سيدة المحبة
والكمال الرقم الجسم. رأيت بروفايلك اليوم في
(friends.o9ool.com) ويكون مسرور
للاتصال بك ، وآمل أن تكون محبة حقيقية ، رجل نزيه ورعاية بأنني قد تبحث
عنه ، وتذكر أن dosn't اللون أو اللغة أو عن بعد ، المسألة في أي
علاقة ، وليس لدي شيء خاص لأقول لكم عني ، لذا يرجى الاتصال بي مباشرة من
خلال عنوان بريدي الإلكتروني حتى يمكن أيضا أن أبعث لكم صورة
Kissssss
وارتفع.

...................................................................

I am Intrested in you.

My name is rose i am tall ,good
looking and caring loving and perfect body figure lady. i saw your
profile today at (friends.o9ool.com)  and be delighted to contact you, I
hope you will be the true loving, honest and caring man that I have
been looking for,Remember that color,language or distance dosn't matter
in any relationship, And I have something special to tell you about me,
So please contact me directly through my email address so that I can
also send to you my picture

Kissssss

rose.







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