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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: "Aisha Sheldon"<aishasheldon@mail.com>
Reply-To: <aishasheldon@libero.it>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:07:24 +0100
Subject: Hello from Aisha

Dearest,

How was your night over there in your country and the day,I believe you
had a nice night and that the athmosphere over there in your country is
very nice today? Mine was a little bit warm over here in Oru refugee camp in Nigeria.

My name is Aisha Sheldon and i am (29yrs) but age doesn't matter in a
real relationship,so i am confortable with your age.I lost my husband and
my 2years old daughter in the war in my country. I am the only one alive now
and I have been living under a Revrend father's care with his family
and i am using his computer to send
these message to you. I honestly need your assistance
to transfer 4.5 Million Dollars from my Late Husband account and i will give you
more information about it in my next mail.I am in
Nigeria currently,
I would like to know more about you.Your likes and dislikes,your
hobbies and what you are doing
presently.I will tell you more about myself in my next mail.Attached here
is my picture.Please
kindly contact me only on my personal email: aishasheldon@libero.it

Hoping to hear from you soonest
Yours forever

Aisha

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