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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: favor khalifa22010 <favorkhalifa20102@att.net>
Reply-To: favorkhalifa23@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:27:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hello


Hello my
dear new friend. How are you today, I hope all is well with you .I am
sorry to worry you with my Proposal for a relationship with you, but I
know that you will grant my request in good fate and understanding, My
name is favor, I just went Through your profile today I have no options
than letting you Know that I am interested in having a relationship with
you, I will also like to Know you the more, you can  send me an email,
so that I can send you more details about my self Including my pictures.
I believe we can move from here. But bear in mind that Love has no
colors barrier, no educational back ground barrier, no socio-economic
Barrier, religious, language, nationality or distance barrier, the only
important Thing there is love. I am waiting for your mail soonest.hell

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