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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: mmrya pau <mmryapau@gmail.com>
Reply-To: oolivia85310@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 03:53:45 -0800
Subject: Hello

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Hello

I am happy to see you on line my name is olivia ,i am a single honest
woman ,lookig for a good honest man to spend rest of my life with, if
you are interested reply me back , i will send you some of my photo
when you reply,am not here for game either to waste
any time my dream this year is to settle down with my soul mate that
is why i send you this mail to found a honest man to start a good life
together, mind you age, color,distance,religion is not barrier to
relationship what most important is love that we will
build together thanks and God blesss us
Ms olivia

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