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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: Vera Apollo <vera_ap3000@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:19:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HII




Hello,
My name is Vera, it is my pleasure to write you
today.Actually, I got your contact information through the
International public records while searching for friendship, I will
appreciate your friendship, because I believe that good friend is a
Gift of God`. I am very honest, caring , sensitive, loving, straight
forward person. I like telephones,sincere,creative mind, brilliant
having transparent personality.I believe strongly in peace,and animal
rights,love art/graffiti music,films,reading,holidays, cafes,blogs
loads more,
It will also please me to know more about , if it is
your wish too you can write mail to me through this email
address(vera_ap3000yahoo.com) i will be happy to reply you with some
pics of me for more correspondence .Hope to hear from you.



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