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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: concilia gaasu <gconcilia@att.net>
Reply-To: conciliagaasu10@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 17:01:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Dear,


My Dear,
Warm greetings from me,

I apologise for intruding
into your privacy, since we don’t know each other, but pay attention
and understand my reason of contacting you Please don't be angry with
me my Dear if you see this message in Spam of your mailbox, it will be
because I sent it with low internet connection.

i am happy to
get in contact with you after my prayer to god for a direction to find
a nice  trusted and sincere reliable friend I was motivated to write to
you after see your contact ,I know that this email will meet you in a
good health and also surprised but God have his own way of bringing
people together my dear. i am hear to seek your advice of which i know
that it will helps me to overcome my situation,

i am presently
single above all God fearing girl,My dearest,In your usual time, may it
please you to write me back in my email address. So that i will explain
more about myself,my details,my pictures and purpose of writing to
you.Please do not neglect a humble and lonely
heart
that seeks your love.A good friendship is the foundation build on other
relative things to come. May God bless you as i wait impatiently to
hear from you.Thanks and remain blessed Yours Friend Concilia

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