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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: "Mariam" <mrssainovic@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:25:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Get back asap.


Hello Amarjit Singh,How are you today? did you receive my previous mail where i told you every details of this transaction? Pls i am saying it here again that this transaction is very Legit but if only you will make it very confidential and follow my instrcution you will see how everything would work out very well.Meanwhile,i am yet to hear anything from you after i sent the details of this transaction to you so i will beg of you to get back with the required information to enable us commence this immediately but if you have changed your wish not to help us you should let us know too so that we can start with somebody else.

I shall appreciate your urgent response to this mail ok.

Sincerely,Mrs Sainovic.

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