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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: helen william <esther.ducas@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: helenwilliam@rocketmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:33:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello





Hello!


I looked through your profile into this
site http://www.appliantechnologies.com

and decided to write you a message to inform you that i am
intersted in knowing more about you. I'm sure that you are very
intelligent and nice person.It would be great to learn more about you!
I'm sure we can find something in common and begin a long and beautiful
story.I'm looking only for serious relationship, I'm tired of been heart
broken and dishonesty of people.Please if you are also interested in
developing a relationship with me, don't border to write me mail here
because i may not see it just send it to my private email
address(helenwilliam@rocketmail.com). That will be easier for me to
reply you quickly! with my picture at least for you to see what i look
like, though i am not photogenic.I expect to read your mail at my
private box soon.





Regards


Miss   helenwilliam@rocketmail.com

 






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