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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: "Collaboration" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.grigoredaniela@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:27:07 -0000
Subject: Funding Financing 2015

Dearest Friend

My name is Dr. Grigore Daniela R, I need your urgent assistance in transferring huge partnership funding into your account abroad as a partner investment funds, in which after the funds been transferred into your bank account information you will advice on the areas we will be investing this funds into; I will wait for your urgent reply for further details in this respect.
Thank you in advance for your urgent reply for more explanation kindly contact me now with below email address:dr.grigoredanielagrigore@aim.com or dr.grigoredaniela@gmail.com.
I Look Forward of your reply assp.

Regards.
From:Dr.Grigore Daniela R.
Can You Handle This With The Fear Of God!

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