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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: Miss Evie <jamlsn4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: m_evie78@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:29:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello dear




Hello dear

 

Complement of the day to you,

 

Please pardon me if i interfere into your
privacy, my name is Miss Evie  Majurk, Age 23, height 5 ft 11 inches,
weight 62 i am the only daughter of Late Mr. Majurk from Sudan East Africa, my father was the
general manager with CNPC oil company at the Khartoum refinery in Sudan,. I observed you are an important
personality before i made up my mind to contact you.

 

Please i will like to know more about you
because i wish to share true love with you and more importantly, i have with me
some funds which i will like to invest in a good business. I wish you could be
honest to me so that i can go into this investment with you by my side and i
will also need your good advices.

 

First of all, I will like to know what you do
for a living; remember you caught my attention that was why i contacted you in
the first place. You will know me more as we communicate along. I shall send my
pictures to you in my next e-mail; I will like you to send me your pictures for
my perusal.

 

Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear
from you soon.

 

From my heart

 

Miss    Evie

 

 


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