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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: Aisha Baby <008aisha008@att.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:15:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear

How are you today, I hope all is well
with you ,My name is miss Aisha, I was so impressed to came across your
contact today which drag my interest in you, I will also like to know
more about you,reply this Email so that I can send you more details
about my self including my pictures. I believe we can move from here.
Bear in mind that friendship and Love has no colors barrier, or distance
barrier, the only important thing there is love. hope to hear from you
soon

Yours Sincerely

Miss Aisha

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