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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: Pauline Denyer <paulinedenyer04@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: pauline_denyer2008@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:14:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mrs.Pauline Denyer Smith


Hello Dear,

My name is Mrs.Pauline Denyer Smith.I am a fashion designer with my husband Sir Paul Smith who is the CEO and founder of Paul Smith Limited ,a fashion designing outfit with shops in London, Nottingham, Paris, Milan, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Kuwait, U.A.E. – and over two hundred throughout Japan.I live in Nottingham with my husband of 61 years old.I am a co-owner and chief designer of Paul Smith Limited.You can log on to www.paulsmith.co.uk for more about the company.Our annual revenue is in excess of £300 million(Three Hundred Million British Pounds)

I contacted you because I desire to open more shops in South East Asia,Africa and the Americas,our sucess in Japan is the propelling force for my present desire for expansion.I have decided to invest part of my share in licenses and Royalties to this project but I need to do this with a trust worthy and reliable partner.I would have done this with my husband as usual but he has been on bed rest receiving medical attention for complications he suffered following an auto accident he had while still a tenager.

My vision is to dominate the fashion market but in collaboration with local partnership.I belive that local content should never be undermined in today world fashion.Hence your contrubution will be most appreciated.

I shall detail you further when I get a response indicating your interest to cooperate with me.However,send to me your personal address viz;Full legal name,contact address and direct telephone numbers.

Hope to hear from you soon

Regards,
Mrs.Pauline Denyer Smith
pauline_denyer2008@yahoo.com.hk

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