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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: "jinnah zawiyah" <jinnah_zawiyah@me.by>
Reply-To: jinnah_zawiyah@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:49:13 +0200
Subject: 30milion business proposal if you are interested reply me orcall+ 22678217398


BY YOUR HOST MRS JINNAH ZAWIYAH.
DEAR PARTNER,

ALWAYS REPLY ME WITH MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL
ADDRESS(jnnah_zawiyah@voila.fr)

I HAVE A BUSINESS TRANSACTION OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF THE BOTH FAMILIES.MY NAME IS MRS
JINNAH ZAWIYAH.
,AN AUDIT DIRECTOR WITH BOA BANK
BURKINAFASO.
I DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED FUND WORTH OF
$30MILLION.THE CLAIMS IS 100% RISK FREE .I NEED A
HONEST FOREIGN PARTNER THAT WE CAN BOTH DO THIS
TRANSACTION TOGETHER .FOR MORE CLEARIFICATION REPLY
ME BACK AND CALL ME +226 7821 7398.
ONLY REPLY ME WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS (jnnah_zawiyah@voila.fr)

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