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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: Regina Scott <reginasc102@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: reginascott@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:26:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: It's me Regina

It's me Regina

My Dear beloved Friend forgive me if I hurt you through this letter it$BCT(B due to my condition here now please come for my urgent help. I am
Regina Scott
from Abidjan Cote D Ivoire
West Africa.
My Dear beloved Friend It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. There is amount of fund Eight Million Five hundred
US Dollars ($8.500.000.00) which my late father deposited with a financial company in Abidjan Capital city of Cote D' Ivoire , he wanted to used it for his political ambitions in our country before he was assassinated with my mother, in this point now I am hiding out of the city because of them,
Please come and rescue me in this critical condition, please If it will be possible for you to help me to secure this fund please let me know.

Respectfully yours

Regina Scott



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