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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: Lian Ali John <ellenjaaaa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Lian Ali John <lianjaaaa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 01:43:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Happy new year, I am Ms Lian John Ali 22 years old and the only daughter of my late Parent, I got your contact from a web directory on investment.I have funds to the tune of 9 Million. 500 000 EUROS which is kept in a bank. I have no business experience, I am still a student looking for an experienced business Will give you all details about the fund when I hear from you for process, with your full Data IN Returns Partner who can handle all aspects of the investment of this fund also help Get me admissio


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