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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: kasprecious@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:33:05 +0200
Subject: Hello


Hello!!!,
I am precious,
I saw your contact, and i was deeply moved.I think that you are a very
interesting person.So I decided to use the chance to get to know you.i dont
think that the age appearance is so important. The most important is what
is inside you and how do you feel about the life.
I know this life from many sides and I am rather mature already to know how
to make a man happy.I think we should use every chance to find our
happiness. and I am contacting you for obvious reason which you will
understand.

i am sending this mail just to know if this email address is OK,reply me so
that i will send my photo and more details to you,and i have a very
important thing to tell you,
i still hope for your reply,
have a pleasant day,
precious

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