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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: Lizy Andrew <lizy_m1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lizy_n1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:53:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: How are you

My Dear
Friend

My name is Miss Lizy Andrew,How are you doing, i believe you and your
friend's are doing well and fine over there ,Please I want to be a true
friend and a close confidant friend with you,and i would love to have
communication with you,and lets know each other better.



Ahead as i expect your mail remember age and distance even religion nor
colour should not be a barrier in finding true friendship or love, it
should not limit us from discovering the beauty that lies in between us
ok, and i will send you my photos and tell you more about myself as soon
as i get a mail from you i will like to be a very good friend with you,
i am waiting to hear from you soon.

thanks.



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