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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: "saleeby jane" <janesaleeby9@mailbox.hu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:20:36 +0200
Subject: hello dear new firend


*Hello dear new friend,my name is miss jane saleeby
how are you today i hope that every things is ok with you as is my pleassure
to contact you after viewing your profile(at pen pal friends.com)** which
really interest me in having communication with you if you will have the
desire with me so that we can get to know each other better and see what
happened in future.i will be very happy if you can write me through my email
for easiest communication and to know all about each other,here is my email
(janesaleeby21@live.com**) i will be waiting to hear from you as i wish you
all the best for your day.yours new friend.
Jane saleeby*

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