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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: juliet sary <julbaby13@att.net>
Reply-To: juliet.sarry13@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:20:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello


Hello.









i am very happy to found you,My name is juliet,Am looking for a Person
who can be a true friend
and a close confidant,so i checked the site of
acquaintance and found your email during searching through the internet
very interesting,but i believe that love is a bridge that connect far to
be closer.i like a honesty person, trustworthy,friendly, Kind, careing,
respectful, tolerance, Patience, realistic person.Someone who's willing
to spoil,pamper and love me unconditionally, whom is kind, sincere,
honest, passionate, loyal,After reading your profile,









i will be very happy if you can write me through my email for easiest
communication at  I believe we can move from here. Bear in mind that
friendship and Love has no colour barrier, educational back ground
barrie nor religious,language,nationality,the only important Thing there
is love,truth,caring and understanding.I hope you cherish all these
values. I really want us to build a very good relayionship that will
last forever.









i will be waiting to hear from you have a blessed day.









Miss juliet..

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