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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: jenniferb@presbynet.org (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 07:27:45 -0400
Subject: Hello

Hello
My name is miss Jennifer i saw your profile today
and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want
you
to send a mail to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to
know

whom l am.Here is my email address.I believe we
can
move from here.I am waiting for your mail to my email address
jennifer.baby1@yahoocom above.miss
Jennifer.(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters
alot
in life)
Please rpely me with my email address
here

jennifer.baby1@yahoocom

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