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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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Fraud email example:

From: "helen Robert" <helen_3b6@in.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:13:14 +0530
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?SGVsbG8=?=


Hello My name is Helen i saw your profile today at and became intrested in you, i will also like to know you more, and if you can send an email to my email address, i will give you my pictures here is my email address (helen3b6@hotmail.co.uk) I believe we can move from here! Am waiting for your mail to my email address above because i have a lot to tell you, Lot's of love, Helen Hola Mi nombre es Elena vi tu perfil hoy en y se convirtió en intrested en ti, yo también me gustaría saber más, y si usted puede enviar un correo electrónico a mi dirección de correo electrónico, te daré mis imágenes aquí está mi dirección de correo electrónico (helen3b6@hotmail.co.uk) Creo que podemos mover de aquí! Estoy esperando su correo a mi dirección de correo electrónico anterior, porque tengo mucho que decirte, Lote de amor, Helen Get Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now!

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