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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: "mrsannaabdic@terra.es" <mrsannaabdic@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 03:09:53 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL...



Hello,

I am Mrs. Anna Abdic.I need your help.Do not be

offended that i write to you like this.I am desperate for my family. I

explain, my husband is Fikret Abdic, very briefly, the president of West

Bosnia. You may wish to find out more about this yourself but I promise

that I speak only truth. My husband is now serving 20yrs jail term because

he tried to protect his people during the war. I have just received

information from my husband and he told me that he before his arrest he

had kept some money in a safe place in case we had to leave Bosnia, this

money is a very big amount(over $40 million) this is why I need your

help to claim this money I am ready to give you a reasonable share of

the funds for your help. Please take this serious as I can prove everything

I say. I beg you to give me that chance.


Regards,


Anna







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