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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?frankaeze=20eze?= <frankaeze001@yahoo.com.br>
Reply-To: frankaeze1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:04:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO DEAR FRIENDGREETING IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. I AM MRS FATIMA NORA HESSEN, NOW MRS FRANKA EZE , A WIDOW TO LATE SHEIK MADU WHITTINGTON, I AM 41 YEARS OLD,I AM NOW A NEW CHRISTAIN CONVERT, SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST, FROM ALL INDICATION MY CONDITIONS IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WON'T LIVE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE. MY LATE HUSBAND KILLED DURING THE U.


Meu novo endereço de e-mailAgora você pode me contactar através do e-mail: frankaeze001@yahoo.com.br

YOURS IN CHRISTF

- frankaeze eze


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