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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: fidelia igabo <fideliaigabo8@att.net>
Reply-To: fideliababs@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 06:50:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings to you.

Hello



Greetings to you.



My name is miss fidelia i saw your email address from site today from site

and i become interested in you, so if you don't mind , I will like you to contact me back with my private email (fideliababs@hotmail.co.uk)
so that i can give you my pictures for you to know whom i am,although i
came on line searching a true and honest man .I believe we can move
from here!!!

Remember ,color language distance does not matter,but LOVE matters a lot in life.best of my regards

from

fidelia.

A lot of love and kiss


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