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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: Monique Candela <moniquecandela_06@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:13:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear,


Hello Dear,

My name is Monique,I just saw your profile via internet and I would like to partner with you on investments. I do have US$10.5M which I would love to invest in real estate and other lucrative businesses in your country but does not know anybody in your country hence this medium. If you would be interested to assist me with this venture, please, do get back to me as soon as possible via my private email for more details

(moniquecandela_01@yahoo.com)
+225 0468 0100


Best regards
Monique Candela


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