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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: "Miss Olga Satiukova" <msmissolgasatiukova@gmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.olgasatiukova@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:28:42 +0700
Subject: OLGA SATIUKOVA'S EMAIL !


Dear friend,

l am Miss Olga Satiukova,a Russian National.

l write to inform you that I will want to invest the sum of $8M(Eight
Million United States Dollars) in your country. This money is in one of the
banks
in Europe and it belongs to me. My daddy deposited it in the bank with
my name when he was alive. He was a politician and a business man
in Russia.



lf this interest you, please indicate so that I will tell you
what to do in order to receive this money on my behalf's am in South
Africa at the moment but will fly down to your country as soon as you
are in possession of this money. My only brother by name Mr.Nedeljkovic
Satiukova is living in London and if things work out, both of us will
migrate to your country to meet with you. We are still schooling.



We will discuss the percentage when I hear from you.



Thank you and have a nice day.



Miss Olga Satiukova

Tel 27838737212

Fax 27865124652

*Email:miss.olgasatiukova@hotmail.com*<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=miss.olgasatiukova@hotmail.com>



Mr.Nedeljkovic Satiukova

Tel
447031847038

Fax
448704716506

*Email:*<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Email%3Anedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.co.uk>
*mrnedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.com*<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mrnedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.com>
* *<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Email%3Anedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.co.uk>

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