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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?halimat=20fahd?= <halimat_v_fahd@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: azizhalimat@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:41:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,I AM MRS. HALIMAT FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ, ONE OF THE LATE KING FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ OF SAUDI ARABIA. I PRAY THAT YOU FIND A PLACE IN YOUR HEART TO BELIEVE MY STORY, CONSIDERING HOW THE NEWS IS MAKING THE ROUND ABOUT INTERNET SCAM.I AM A WOMAN THAT HAS BEEN IN SERVITUDE ALL MY LIFE,AS I WAS BORN AND BRED IN THE PART OF THE WORLD WHERE WOMEN ARE RELEGATED TO THEBACKGROUND IN THE NAME OF RELIGION, WHERE WOMEN ARE TREATED AS SUB-STANDARDHUMAN BEINGS IN THE NAME OF RELIGION. IN ALL MY LIFE,I HA


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: halimat_v_fahd@yahoo.com.mx



- halimat fahd


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