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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: "Mrs. Maria," <bf.mrs@aol.fr>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 05:29:24 -0500
Subject: Dear Friend. My private email address is (mrsmariay@foxmail.com)




I am Mrs.Maria, the Head of file Department in Bank of Africa. I seek your assistanceand I am assured of your capability to champion this business opportunity, toremit the sum of $10.5 million U S dollars into your account. If you areinterested please let me know so that i can send you the full details of thistransaction. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, while 10% will beset aside for all expenses incurred during the business and 50% would be forme. If you are interested to execute this business with me, you should contactme in my private email and provide me the below requested information to avoidany delays, and I will furnish you with more elaborate information. My privateemail address is (mrsmariay@foxmail.com)
(1)YourName
(2)Yourage.........................
(3)Youroccupation..................
(4)Yourfull residential address...............
(5)Yourprivate phone and fax number I await your
promptresponse. Best regards,Email(mrsmariay@foxmail.com)
call me ifyou are instrested +226 65 36 97 57

Mrs. Maria

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