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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: Poppe Nicco <niccopoppe1@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 21:11:12 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CAN WE TRUST EACH OTHER


Hello Singh
How are you today.I hope you are fine.I must confess that i have been scared to trust you .My reasons are that you mentioned some dubious activities you had with some people.I thought you are now looking for some one to dupe to.
Please i want you to know that we have finally decided to trust you and as such i dont want you to have any thought of duping us.I give you my word of trust.If you know that we can trust you mail us back .so that we can start making the transfer
YOURS SINCERELY
NICCO POPPE


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