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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- miss.ajilinda2011@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Linda Aji" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 03:37:40 +0200
Subject: Hello Can i trust you on this
I am miss Linda Aji from Ivory Coast and I am contacting you because
I need your help in management of some amount that my father left for me
before he died.
My father was a very rich cocoa farmer but was poisoned by his business
colleagues and they are now after me so i hard to escape my way into a
church here in Republic of Benin .
Please I want you to stand as my guardian and appointed beneficiary to
enable you receive the money in your country and as well assist mesecure
papers that will enable me co me over to your country immediately for
continuation of my education and investing of the money according toyour
advise since am only 21 years without mother or father. Please indicateif
your interested in taking me along because my present condition here is
Critically frustrating.. Email me back if you can help me with this please. miss.ajilinda2011@hotmail.com
Am waiting.
Linda Aji
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