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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ArkadyevichAbramovich1@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:17:03 +0530 (IST)
Subject: INVESTMENT LETTER REPLY ME BACK


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: arkadyevichabramovich213@yahoo.in



- Greetings, I sincerely hope that this letter will not come to you as a surprise or an embarrassment since we neither knew each other before nor had any neither previous correspondence nor contact. Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first because it's fastest means. I believe it will be a surprise to you as we have never met before, and I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy. Please forgive this unusual manner of contacting you. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is MR Arkadyevich Abramovich a Crude Oil merchant in Rsia, i have a profiling amount in an excess of $55 Million Dollars in a financial institution in Europe, and can you be my partner on this? I did not know you in person or even have seen you before but due to the true revelation that I should share this lucrative opportunity with you,I have no choose other than to contact you.


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