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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: "Felicia Benson" <f_withluv@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:41:54 -0600
Subject: Hello

Hello Nico,
How are you doing and i hope that you are fine and doing well,thanks for
the messages ,concerning your questions i will give you a sincere and honest
answers..

i dont have any kids.
Mushin is a city in Lagos state.Nigeria
i will send you a pic of me in my next mail and also let you know about my
background.
Dear i believe if things work out well in a right path for us,then i will
come over to Holland.
Dear it depends on both of us ....cos we have to make plans for that
together and also make plans on how long i will have to stay or may be even
stay forever.
For me i believe the Future will be so bright for us if we have the same aim
and motive to make things happen and never lie,cheat or play games with each
other.
Dear i believe if we make things happen together then Holland to me will be
like my own home and country and things will be going on smoothly and i live
my normal decent life.
i seek for a man that we can settle down,have a happy home and family
together,share feelings,thoughts and understanding together,a man that we
will both be honest,serious,sincere and trustworthy to eachother.
Dear i believe for me to contact you it make we have something to offer
eachother and also things are there for us to see to make things happen
together ,
i expect you to be honest,open minded and truthful to me.
Dear you dont have to be wealthy before i can date or settle down with you
ll i need is a normal,decent and easy going life and also i want you to know
that if we make things happen together then we will build a happy life
together cos i will have to work also cos i just graduated as a Registered
Nurse{RN} here also.So Dear all i need from you is just your sincerity and i
am sure we will be happy together.i really do want a serious realtionship
from you.
Age is just a number to me and what matter is what we feel inside for each
other and also wanna offer each other and i am ready to offer you true
love,care,respect and understanding.i am not afraid to be there for you cos
i believe u dont have bad intentions for me but if u do and i get there
,then i will then go back to Nigeria but i believe u will never hurt me and
i will never do such if u give me a try and chance.i need you to get me a
try on this and from there we can get to know each other more better and
make plans to be together and spend some time together,have a nice day and
take good care of yourself and i hope to read from you soon.
love
Felicia

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