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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: Nancy koneh <nancy_3goodluk@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: nancy_1goodluck@yahoo.dk
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 20:35:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Greeting to you


Greeting to you,

 
How
are you and how is your work? i hope that all is well with you, My name
is miss Nancy ,i know that you may be suprise how i get your
email, i got your email today when i was browsing looking for honest
partner,then i feel to drop this few line to you , and  i will like you
to contact me through my email so that we can know each other and
exchange our pictures, and we maybecome partner.



Remember the distance does not matter what matters is the love we share with each
other.

i am waiting  to hear from you soon.

kiss regards Miss Nancy


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Skal du købe ny bil? Sammenlign priser på brugte biler med Kelkoo og find et godt tilbud! - Se mere her http://dk..yahoo.com/r/pat/mmb

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