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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. Juliet Edward" <marco.guglielmivt@alice.it>
Reply-To: mrdonfrank@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:42:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Good Morning!

Good Morning my dear

We Are Very Sorry For A Late Responses Up Till Yet It's Do Because Of Some
Technical Problems We Are Countering Before, However Your Contacted By Western
Union Benin Today To Let You Know That We Have Succeeded In transferring Your
First Payment 5000.00USD Today While your Total Fund Is 2.5Mlln USD. Here Is
Your MTCN NO# 3343234765 Contact me Back For The Text Qst And Answer.

Thanks you.

Secretary Mrs. Juliet Edward
Tell +229-68024408

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