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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: Sandra Zubah <zubah.sandra@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:33:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hi


hello      
How are you? i hope you are fine, My name is Miss
Sandra,I found you hear on this .net it seams like some thing touches
me, i started having some feeling in me which i have never experience in
my life before, i decided to write you, l will also like to know you
the more,and l want you to send an email to my email address so l can
give you my picture for you to know whom l am.
Here is my email address(sandrahassan23@yahoo.in)
I believe we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my email address
above.
Miss .Sandra
(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
(sandrahassan23@yahoo.in)

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