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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: blessing fred <fredblessing11@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:09:05 +0000
Subject: hello


hello
how are you doing together with your family,i hope all is welll?
to be frank with you,today is just like a christmas to me,in the sense that
i can have the chance to browse through internet today, well, let me
introduce myself ;
i am Blessing Fred,a young lady of 23years,i came from Liberia but as the
result of the civil war in my country i am currently here in dakar senegal
the neighbouring country under the senegalese government protection, i saw
your profile as i was browsing through internet and i was so much interested
on it, i am the only one alive, i really need some one who can talk to me
as a father and mother and also guide me in some certain area of this
life,that is my basic aim or purpose of writing you this letter, i really
need your help ,my parent was killed by the rebel during the war, i am only
one alive, since then i was in the refugee camp and it is not easy here with
me,therefore, i am writing to seek for your advice and help in securing
things which my late Daddy leaft behing for me, i wish to hear from you as
soon as possible in order to write you in more details about me and who my
daddy was, my picture is attached below,kindly write me back i have a lot to
discuss with you, write me on ;
blessingfred@rocketmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=blessingfred@rocketmail.com>
thanks, may God bless you.
take care
sincerely
Blessing Fred





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