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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: "Ann W" <anna_w@ubbi.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ann2429@praize.com
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:35:11 +0000
Subject: Re: You Have 1 New Message !!!!! .

Hi My Dear !

How are you doing today ,hope every thing is under control ,?
to God be the glory who made it so , My name is miss Ann William.I come across your profile in this site and I will tell you the truth , I am interested in you , for friendship or even more than ,hope we get to know each other more better, though we can not meet face to face for the moment ,but all the same there is hope for that .

I will be very glad if you can grant me my request and do me a favour by replying back , then I will be glad to express my self and feeling to you .and have other things in commom share togather .
So feel free to contact me any time you wish. This is my emils Address: anna2429@praize.com

Hoping to talk to you soon ,have a nice day and remain Bless.

Regards,
Miss Ann,


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