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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: kristy ukwa <kristy5ukwa@att.net>
Reply-To: kristy10ukwa@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:26:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello,


Hello,
  My  name  is  miss kristy as i was browsing  today
 i saw your contact become  interested  to  know  all  about  you  with  all  pleasure, please  i  want  you  to  send  mail  to  my  e-mail  address  (kristy10ukwa@yahoo.com) so  i  can  give  you  my  picture  and  tell  you  all  about  me,
 Have a nice day,
  thanks yours,
  kristy.


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