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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: "mary adams" <maryadams00001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: maryadams0001@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:45:52 +0000
Subject: MARY ADAMS

I am Mrs Mary  Adams,from Kuwait.I am married to late Mr Thomson 
Adams, who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Ivory Coast for Twenty-Six
years before he  died in the year 2002,after a brief illness that
lasted for only five days. When my late husband
was alive he deposited the sum of (US$4.8 M )(Four  Million,Eight
hundred Thousand
United States  Dollars in the security company in spain.Following my
ill health, my Doctor told me that I may  not last for the next six
months due to  my cancer problem.I  am
looking forward  to see someone    who can use this money in 
charitable
work.More details  will be made known to you upon your response.
Mary Adams

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