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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: shadi khalifa <shadii4luv12345@att.net>
Reply-To: shady4luv@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:05:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greeting From Shadi


Hi dear
How are you today, I hope all is well with you .I am sorry to worry you with my Proposal for a relationship with you, but I know that you will grant my request in good  sense and understanding, My name  is miss Shadi i saw your profile today in the (internet dating forum site)and became intrested in you,i will also like to know  more about you.. i'm hoping to hear from you soon so that I can send you more details about my self Including my picture. I believe we can move from here. Bear in mind that  friendship and Love has no colors barrier, no educational back ground barrier, no socio-economic Barrier, religious, language, nationality or distance barrier, the only important Thing there is love.
Yours Sincerely
Shadi

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嗨親愛的
你今天，我希望一切都很好，你。我很抱歉讓你擔心我的建議與你的關係，但我知道你會批准我的請求在良好的意識和理解，我的名字是吳沙迪我看見今天在您的個人資料（網上約會論壇網站），並成為 intrested你，我會也想更多地了解你..我希望能很快聽到你這樣我可以給你更多的細節我自己包括我的圖片。我相信我們能夠從這裡。記住，友誼和愛沒有顏色的障礙，沒有教育專業背景的障礙，沒有社會和經濟障礙，宗教，語言，國籍或距離的障礙，唯一重要的事情有愛。
此致
沙迪

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