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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: <pastor.edwards@live.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:35:34 -0800
Subject: ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPIES FOR GOOD HOME



HELLO,
MY NAME IS JEFF EDWARDS, MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH FROM THE STATE AND ARE ON A CHRISTIAN MISSION TO AFRICA AND I CAME ALONG WITH MY PUPPIES. AFTER A WHILE I NOTICE THAT THE AFRICAN WEATHER IS NOT GOOD FOR THE PUPPIES AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER THE WAY I ALWAYS DO BECAUSE OF MY JOB.I NEED A SOMEONE TO ADOPT THEM AND TAKE CARE OF HER THE WAY I ALWAYS DO. IF YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM DO SEND A REPLY AND I WILL EMAIL YOU THEM PICTURES ALSO LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT OR BOTH THERE ARE MALE AND FEMALE AND MORE INFORMATIONS ABOUT THEM.I HOPE TO READ FROM YOU SOON.
EMAIL ME FOR MORE INFORMATIONS ON PASTOR.EDWARDS@LIVE.COM
JEFF EDWARDS
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