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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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Fraud email example:

From: Naomi Kalebe <rolandadama32@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Naomi Kalebe <w66189133@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:32:10 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello.

Hello.
Good day to you and how are you doing? My name is Naomi Kalebe, am 22 yrs old, I admit I don't know you or your name, but with the hope that you hear my story. If you can be of help, kindly get back to me so I can give you full details of my proposal, also if you cannot be of help kindly let me know so I can ask someone else for help, is about a hug sum my late father deposited with in a vault before he passed away some years back. Why I need your urgent help is because, my uncles are after my life and want to take over this fund which is the only thing I inherited from my late parents. I am in a distress situation, which needs urgent attention, please come to my rescue. I cannot explain everything here until I hear from you, then i will give you full details.Please I will be expecting your kind response, the total amount is $4.5 Million United State Dollars.
Thanks.
Miss Naomi Kalebe
w66189133@msn.com

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