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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- sylvia.labelle6@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: stephanie.troussier@dbmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:20:41 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Bonjour mon correspondant
                      Bonjour mon correspondant                                      Â
suite a mes profondes recherche sur le net que je me suis tombée sur votre mail je suis de nationalité canadienne  je m,appelle Sylvia j,ai 26 ans mon père assistance représentant du consulat ambassade du bénin près du canada ma mère directrice de la loterie nationale du bénin je suis antan que la secrétaire dans une société norme IW international woks au canada et je suis en missions a londrès raisons des recherches scientifique sur tous ce qui ce passe dans tous le monde donc j, ai le but de vouloir correspondre avec vous très amicalement pour des rencontre très sérieuse merci de me réponde dans mon mail suivant sylvia.labelle6@gmail.com
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