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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: lizy kassala <webo12344444@att.net>
Reply-To: hapyness4u12@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:39:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hi my dear
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Hello
nice to meet you
Am miss lizzy Interest in you,
and wish to Have you as my friend,
for a friend is all about Respect, Admiration and love passion Also Consist of friendship is sharing of ideas and planing together, i intend to send you my pictures,
please my dear love contact me to my email address today so that i can send you more details about my self and also my pictures. for you to know who i am.thanks from lizzy
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