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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: "Mrs Mary Jones" <mrsmary_jones@losruiz.com.mx>
Reply-To: mrsmaryjones202@live.com
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:04:17 +1030
Subject: Use the Funds for the Less privileged


El programa de detecci=F3n de Spam del sistema "dns1.ciberweb.com.mx", ha
identificado este mensaje como "correo basura". A=F9n as=ED, el
mensaje original no se ha borrado para su chequeo, si lo
era, podr=EDa bloquearlo en su programa de correo (cree un "filtro"
a partir de la etiqueta "X-Spam-Score"). Si tiene alguna duda,
contacte con el administrador para m=E1s detalles.

Contenido: From: Mrs Mary Jones of Kuwait RE: Use the Funds for the
Less privileged. I am the above named person from Kuwait. I am married
to Dr. Harry Jones who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Ivory Coast for
nine years before he died in the year 2000. Can you handle a CHARITY
WORK of $8.6Million (Eight Million six hundred thousand U.S.Dollars)
with a finance/security company in Europe?.Get back to me if you are
interested.and i will issue you a Letter of Authority that will empower
you as the originalbeneficiary of this fund.Contact me with my most
private EMAIL.. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
victims of HIV/ aids,charitiesdonations,Orphans and other needy persons
in your country. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of
my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting
this huge responsibility to any of them anymore.send me mail to my
personal e-mail address. mrs.maryjones22@gmail.com with best of regards
[...]=20

Detalles del an=E1lisis: (7.1 puntos, 5.0 requeridos)

pts regla aplicada descripci=F3n
---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------
1.0 UNDISC_RECIPS Valid-looking To "undisclosed-recipients"
-1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
2.9 ADVANCE_FEE_3 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
3.0 ADVANCE_FEE_4 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_1 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
1.6 ADVANCE_FEE_2 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)



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