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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: Aminata Sankoh <aminatababy2@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: aminata.nata@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 20:13:04 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hi




My Dearest Friend,



My name is Miss Aminata, As I whisper my prayer tonight and went into search for a nice friend in I came across your contact,My mind and my heart told me to contact you for friendship, A friend who truly understand his or her friend and share their feelings together. please kindly accept my request, I believe that distance can never be a barrier but is true love connect us because love is a bridge that connected far distance to be close to each other, contact me on my private id;(aminata.nata@yahoo.com) because i have something to share with you and i will send my pictures to you immediately i receive your reply.



Yours In Love,

Miss Aminata

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