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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: gift williams <giftwilliams2@att.net>
Reply-To: giftwilliamsa@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:51:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hello


Dearest,

How are you today together with your business and your entire
family? I guess that everything is ok with you
As is my pleassure to coontact you after  on my private search on spamdb.vp44.com
  i choosed you as the only one whom i can give my heart as far as love is concern ensuring i bring joy and happiness into your door step. if you are interested in me and want to know more about me and to view my  pictu
you can contact me on  My dear i want you to understand that there is no age,race,colour and
 religion bar when it comes to true love,only what is important is pure love and devoted relationship,Hoping to hear from you
 as soon as possible,Thank you
gift

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