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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: Janet Morgan <janet9morgan@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: janet_morgan47@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 09:11:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: pls,Get Back TO Me,

Please accept my Apology if my way of contacting you in any way offended. I am obliged to contact you through this medium for obvious reasons you'll understand when we discuss details of my proposition.

Through this letter I am seeking your urgent co-operation and an opportunity to invest and do business with you in your country or anywhere else you can manage around the world as my partner. I have a considerable asset to invest what I inherited from my father before my sudden illness and would like to work with you in doing business.

I await your positive confirmation so we can discuss the details, which include my introduction, which will be in it for you, etc.

Sincerely,
Miss Janet Morgan,



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