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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: "felycial maodi" <felycial11@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 02:29:04 +0000
Subject: A LETTER FROM MISS FELICIAL

Dear friend
I am Miss Felicia the daugther of the late Jack Maodi former minister of
finance in Liberia, my father died in a plane crash on his way to Madrid
Been a polygamous family his wealth has been shared among we his children,
me being the only daugther i was giving $4.5 milloin ,(Four million, five
hundred thousand us dollars)but now due to the war in Liberia The money
moved to a finance company.
I am now in nigeria as a refuge since the crisis began in Liberia.
I want a partner who can assist me to transfer this money into a
foreign account for safe keeping so i can come over to your country for my
education and future investment because at my age and as a student, i am not
allowed to operate a foreign account
I am willing to offer you 20% share of the total money when it is transfered
to your account.
You will find my pictures attched for your perusal and will send you any
information you may seek.
Your phone /fax number will be needed for this transaction .your
contact address and your passport copy.
I will get back to you as soon as i hear from you, .
thanks .
regards
FELICIAL


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