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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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Fraud email example:

From: almenda nathalie <almendanathalie@zwallet.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:48:56 +0000
Subject: correspondant

Salut cher correspondant
Suite a mes profondes recherches que je suis arrive a vous extraire parmi tant d'adresse .je suis de la nationalité francaise et je vis actuellement au canada , dans le seul but de vouloir me correspondre et afin de pouvoir s'y venir a une rencontre sérieuse je vous adresse ce message dans le but de correspondre avec vous et d'échanger les relations sincère et durable
l'amitié est très précieuse et la garde des contacts est une confiance au font de soi-même ceux qui est très précieux dans cette vie. j'aimerais vous connaître de mieux. veuillez me répondre sur mon émail: almendanathalie@zwallet.com j'aimerais vous lire très prochainement .
cordialement .
Merci

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