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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: Mariam Adama <madama55@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:34:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: call me + 225 06 29 23 46



dear mr.amarjit.
I got your message ,and iam very glade to invest with you .
for your past experience, people are not the same in this world ,there is good onces and there is bad onces as you knows.

I dont want to talk much ,but to show you that iam different from the person you meet before although, i dont know where you people stop and what happend it is not my concern.

you shoul call me with this telephone number 225 06 29 23 46 for more discussion and for me to get your own telephone number to reach you.
Mariam/son


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