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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- prosperous1989@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Jenny Gregorie <jennyglorie@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:02:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Best Regards
Best Regards
Plz Iam sorry for this embracement to your mail am only interested to know if we can develop honest relationship.
My name is Amira P. Hagos 21yrs Orphan from Ethiopia, I lost all my home durring the cold war between us and Somalia so now am really searching for face to face honest relationship where I can be accept as Wife or adopted child etc to build back my home and hand over to you my late father's deposit bank account and the proof documents so you can stand as my partner and contact the bank for the transfer to build back my new home so I can live the rest of my life in peace and forget my past.
I wish if is the will of God we can start from here and my promise is that you will never regret my relationship when we meet face to face.
But For better presentation and my photo kindly reply back direct to this my private email
( prosperous1989@yahoo.com )
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