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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: Adams Karim <karim18adams@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:44:36 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend,
First And foremost, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this partnership  and i pray that to contact you will be given genuine approval considering the facts we have not known each other.Compliment Of The Day ,My Name is Karim  I am approaching you for a genuine friendship and  partnership ,I am contacting you now is to seek your assistance in the area of my future investment ;The heart is the place where we live our passions. It is frail and easily broken, but wonderfully resilient. There is no point in trying to deceive the heart. It depends upon our honesty for its survival. Honey, I will change your life completely. I will make you beautiful, I will make you strong, I'll make you the most important person in my life . am approaching you for a genuine friendship and  partnership ,You will be everything to me. But I still need to find you, and I am trying to do it here. I really wish that you were near me. I wish that I could just call your
name when I need you and that you be there. Yours In Trust Karim



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