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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: rukan rafa <rukan_rafa12@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <rukan_rafa010@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:08:23 +0000
Subject: I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR REPLY



Dear sir/mrs.I am Mrs Rukan rafa an Iraqi Woman, We are afamily of three,My husband and one of my sister are dead in the city as a result of the cold war going on in my country. Before the death of my husband , he deposited hugeamount of money with a Bank in Burkina Faso where he hadwanted us to go and live till the war is over. Now that my husband is dead ,I need a business partnerwho can help me to claim and use the fund hedeposited in Africa for business purposes any where .I will like you to keep this proposal as a top secretbecause of the fear that I might be killed if myGovernment happens to know about this ,based on the reason that my late husband was amongtheGovernment officials in Iraq. I am away from thecitywhere there no electricity and telephone communication ,you canonly reach me through E-mail. (rukan_rafa010@myway.com).I will be expecting to receive your positive responseto my proposal.Thanks for your anticipated helpMrs Rukan rafa.
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