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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: "Mrs Mary jane" <mary_jane555@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mary_jane_investment@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:39:06 +0000
Subject: ORDER:::::::::::::::

Attention Sir / Madam,

Mailing from mrs Mary Jane from Nigeria,The owner of Mary Jane
International Company,Nigeria Limited,Am in need of your product,I will like
to order for some needed producr in your website and i want the product to
ship to my new store in nigeria via ups express 2-3 days shipment,And i want
you to get back to me soonest for me to get back to you with the product
list,And once the total quote was received from you,I will get back to you
with my credit card for you to get charge for the payment asap.

I need below information from you....

The majors types of Credit card you take.
Courier delivery services you use.
Your website.
Telephone Number:

I will be look forward to your response soonest.

Reply needed asap.

Thanks.
Best Regards.
Mrs: Mary Jane.


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