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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: customer care unit <info.glofempnetwork@gmail.com>
Reply-To: glofempnetworks@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:40:34 +0100
Subject: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Potrebujete_peniaze_na_platenie_=FA=E8tov=3F?=


*Moje meno je pani Monika Roland. ®ijem vo Veµkej Británii, v Londýne a ja
som ¹»astná ¾ena dnes? a povedal som ja, ¾e ka¾dý veriteµ, ktorý zachránil
svoju rodinu z na¹ej zlej situácie, budem odkazova» ka¾dú osobu, ktorá
hµadá úver na neho, dal mi ¹»astie pre mòa a moju rodinu, bol som v núdzi
úveru vo vý¹ke $ 250,000.00 na zaèa» svoj ¾ivot celé, preto¾e som slobodná
matka s 3 de»mi som sa stretol tohto úprimného a Boh sa bá», ¾e mu¾ úver
veriteµovi mi pomohol s pô¾ièkou vo vý¹ke 250,000.00 USDollar, je Boh mu¾
sa bá», ak ste v núdzi úveru a splatíte úver kontaktujte ho povedzte mu, ¾e
je pani Monika Roland, ¾e vás odkáza» na neho. Kontakt Pán Pán Nilson
Thomas e-mailom: (glofempnetwork@gmail.com)*

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