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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: camella west <camellawest05@att.net>
Reply-To: camellawest1012@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:16:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hola Querida


Hola Querida

Saludos y Mucho gusto

¿cómo estás hoy espero que lo estás haciendo muy bien como me estoy
sintiendo bien también mi nombre es l Camella West estoy buscando un
amigo de verdad que es la confianza y digno amigo y caring.a que
entienden el verdadero significado del amor y la confianza en cada
otros un socio maduro que será fiel a mí y entiendo que

una dosis de amor verdadero no cuentan distancia o el color después de
leer su correo, cuando yo estaba navegando en internet me siento una
gran alegría en mi corazón dentro de mí. tomé interés en que a pesar de
que yo no te he visto en persona, pero los perfiles que realmente me
dio un buen placer para comunicarnos con usted. y espero que será la
verdadera pareja amorosa, honesta que he estado buscando, y tengo algo
especial que decir sobre mí por favor me gustaría que me responda con
urgencia para que yo le dirá más sobre mi mismo esto es mi cuadro de
arriba por favor trate de mensaje nuevo en mi EmailAddress

para que yo pueda ser capaz de enviar mis fotos, Dios te bendiga.



Estoy a la espera de oír de usted pronto

Con ama y Saludos

Camella West.



.....................................................................



Hi Dear One

Greetings & Nice to meet you

how are you today i hope that you are doing fine as i am feeling
alright also my name is Camella west l am searching for a real friend
that is trust and worthy and caring.a friend who understand the real
meaning of love and trust in each other a mature partner that will be
faithful to me and will understand that

a real love dose not count distance or colour after reading your  when
i was browsing  email in the internet i feel a great joy in my heart
withing me . i took interest on you despite that i have not seen you in
person but your profiles really gave me a nice pleasure to communicate
with you. and I hope you will be the true loving, honest partner that I
have been looking for, And I have something special to tell you about
me please i will like you to reply to me urgently so i will tell you
more about my self this is my box above please try to mail me back on
my emailaddress

so that i can be able to send you my pictures,God bless you.



I am waiting to hear from you soon

With Loves & Regards

Miss Camella.

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