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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: Destiny Ajala <nobuaki_arai2006@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Destiny Ajala <destinyajala@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 02:41:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From destiny Ajala


>From destiny Ajala

Hi there,

I'm Miss Destiny Ajala from Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). I am 21 years old girl orphan who have as a result of I have no parents I. Above ($ 10.500,000.00 United State Dollars) Ten million, five hundred thousand united state's dollar. In solid / voltage Account deposited in one of the major bank here in Abidjan, that he. My name as his only daughter for the next of kin

Second, to full acceptance to work with me for this purpose kindly indicate your interest by reply back to me, so I will provide the necessary information and details on how to proceed, I will give you 20% of the money for your help

May God bless you for your immediate attention. My best and Lovely Regards to you and your family as you contact me for more information about
I need your help

thanks
miss destiny

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