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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: Nina Rafael <rafnina@faithserve.com>
Reply-To: ninaraf4help@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:56:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Dear Respectful one,

Dear Respectful one,

Reqest to be my guardian and then help me to come over to your country,

May the blessings of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom and sympathy to understand my situation and how much I need your help.my name is Nina Rafael, I am 20 years old,the only child of late Mr Rafael,I humbly write to solicit for your partnership and assistance in transferring and investing of my inherited fund $4.7 million Dollars, I inherited from my late father.Please I need your urgent assistant to help me provide an account and other relevant detail that will enable the bank transfer the money to your account.

I will need you to declare your interest by replying this email and furnishing me with your direct phone number,full name and your full address, With the information I can now go to the bank here to resent you as my foreign partner. I wait your reply.

God bless.

Yours Faithfully.
Nina Rafael.


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