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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: "Mrs. Sandra Korjev" <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sandrakorjev@mail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:14:09 +0800 (PHT)
Subject:

My Name is Mrs. Sandra Korjev,I am married to late Yuri Korjev who was an
Oil Merchant and international businessman before he died in the year 2001
after a
brief illness that lasted for only five days. Before the Untimely death of
my husband we were both born again Christians.When my late husband was
Alive he deposited the sum of $18,000,000.00 USD) with a Bank in Europe
whose name is withheld Until we open up communication.Following my ill
health, my Doctor told me that i may not last for the next Couple Of
Months due to My cancer problem.i want to donate this fund for charity.

Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another individual
for this same purpose.

Your Beloved Sister in the lord,
Mrs.Sandra Korjev.
Contact E-mail: sandrakorjev@mail.com

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