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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <linda_aji@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:23:14 +0000
Subject: Hello,Can i trust you on this



Hello,Can i trust you on thisI am miss Linda Aji from Ivory Coast and I am contacting you becauseI need your help in management of some amount that my father left for mebefore he died.My father was a very rich cocoa farmer but was poisoned by his businesscolleagues and they are now after me so i hard to escape my way into achurch here in Republic of Benin.Please I want you to stand as my guardian and appointed beneficiary toenable you receive the money in your country and as well assist me securepapers that will enable me come over to your country immediately forcontinuation of my education and investing of the money according to youradvise since am only 21 years without mother or father. Please indicate ifyour interested in taking me along because my present condition here iscritically frustrating.Am waiting.Linda

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