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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: grace williams <grace_s8005@att.net>
Reply-To: grace_s803@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 04:29:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello


Hello







































































































I'm very happy to
meet you,







































































































How are you today,



















































hope your in good
health and strong for me over there. I am Grace, a lovely girl, I know
that this mail will meet you in a good health and also surprisely, but
God have his own way of bringing people together. I'm presently single
and searching for a reliable, trusted and God fearing person.  I believe
we can get acquainted.



















































Please my dearest
have a little  time for me, Please Contact me through my email address,
so that i can explain  more about myself, my details,



















































my pictures.  A
good friendship is



















































the foundation
build on other relative things to come. May God bless you as i wait



















































patiently to read
from you.







































































































Best regard



















































Grace.


























......................................................................................................





















Hola



Estoy muy contento de encontrarme
con vosotros,



¿Cómo estás hoy,

Esperamos
que su buen estado de salud y fuerte para mí ahí. Soy





Grace, una chica encantadora, sé que este correo se encuentran en un
buen estado de salud y también surprisely, pero Dios tiene su manera de
unir a las personas. Estoy sola en la actualidad y la
búsqueda de un sistema fiable, de confianza y de temor de Dios. Creo que podemos conocer.

Por
favor, mi querido tener un poco de tiempo para mí, Póngase en contacto
conmigo a través de mi dirección de correo electrónico, para que yo
pueda explicar más sobre mí mismo, mis datos,

mis fotos. Una buena amistad es

la
fundación se basan en otras cosas relativas a venir. Que Dios los bendiga como i esperar

paciencia para leer de usted.



Mejor relación

Gracia.

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