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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: maria maciver <mariamaciver@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: maiamaciverr@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:16:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM ME TO YOU


My Dear ,
I am writing this letter to you because i want to know more about you.My name is miss Mariam maciver,23yrs and from the republic of sierra leon west Africa.
I need someone who can be a nice friend to me and who is also someone i can trust in all matters about my life and future.
We will have a lot of things to talk as friends in order to be useful to one another and if you prove to be a good friend to me i promise you will have a lot to learn and gain from me.
If you will accept me as your friend and also ready to be trustworthy,please write me immediately for us to know more about ourselves.
take care and stay healthy.
your sincerely
Miss Maria Maciver


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