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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: immaculata ndeye <immaculata2000@att.net>
Reply-To: immaculatandeye@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:00:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?0LfQtNGA0LDQstC+?=


здраво

Имам осећај да ће овај комад поште дођете у савршеном стању ума и у бољем здравог цондитион.Ит с мојим притиском да испуне иоу.Ми име је иммацулата Десмонд. Верујем и такође имају осећај да у данашњем свету, ни расу, пол, старост, националну припадност не религија неће бити препрека за мушко / женско релатионсхипс.Алтхоугх, ми не знамо једни друге добро, али ја заиста волео да сте као пријатељ или дописује ако је то боље за иоу.И сам једну девојку, никада није женио. можете ме контактирати преко мог приватног е-маил адресу
(immaculatandeye@hotmail.com) за мене да вам кажем више о себи, и моје слике за вас да знате кога сам ам.И надамо се да чути од вас ускоро. Нека вас Бог благослови, као да чекам да чујем од вас ускоро.
Хвала
поштовањем,
иммацулата



hello

I have the feeling that this piece of mail will reach you in a perfect state of mind and in a better healthy condition.It's my pressure to meet you.My name is immaculata desmond. I believe and also have the feeling that in today's world, neither race, sex, age, nationality non religion will not be a barrier to male/female relationships.Although, we do not know each other well but I will really like to have you as a friend or pen pal if that is better for you.I am a single girl,never married. you can contact me through my private email address(immaculatandeye@hotmail.com) for me to tell you more about my self,and my picture for you to know whom i am.I hope to hear from you soon. May God bless you as I wait to hear from you soon.
Thanks
yours,
immaculata

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