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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: Jennifer Modu <jennifermodu1@att.net>
Reply-To: jennifer_modu@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:16:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hello

Hello Good Day,






















My name is miss Jennifer,i am a young girl I was impressed when i saw
your profile today and i will like to establish a long lasting
relationship with you.please reply me through my e-mail address so that i
will give you my picture for you to know whom i am,
























please i will like to tell you how much interested i am in knowing more
about you,i think we can start from here and share our feelings together
as one.please contact me back with my mail
address(jennifer_modu@yahoo.com).Thanks waiting to hear from you dear.











































yours new friend






















Jennifer.

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