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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: jenifer.murphy24@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:27:46 +0900
Subject: hello dear,

TTMailer Hi dear,
How are you? Guess you are fine and living good, my name is miss jenifer murphy, i am here just looking for better friendship to share interests and lot more with. hope to get more good and lasting friends with you, life is naked without someone you love and i felt that you are the one for me. i will be expecting to hear from you soonest, till then bye.
Your new friend,
jenifer

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