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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: "binta basim" <binta_basim@in.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:24:18 +0530
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?aGVsbG8gZGVhcg==?=


Hello, hi dear?my e mail basimaasia@rediffmail.com so i am intreseted in you for relationship.am binta female.i from west coast in africa i am here in dakar senegal so if u are intreseted u can send me mail,i am honest,faithfull,simple,good girl,i am looking for a responsible man for a good relationship.caring and loving man,so that i can give u more details about myself. thanks as i wait to here from u. binta THANKS,Get Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now!

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