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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: "MRS.LILIANDIKE" <officemy09@att.net>
Reply-To: mrsliliandike@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:23:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Mrs Lilian Dike your $3.8m us dollars.



Dear Friend,

I deeply apologies for the delay. I travelled and just came back last night.I went to Village since all this days,due to i lost my lovely big brother Mr Emeka who died in Motor accident. So i went for his burial. Well,please bear with me.

Please i want you to kindly re-send your mailing address or banking details where i will send the $3.8m us dollars to you. This is to enable you atleast make use of your money in this week.

Also,remember your telephone number when getting back to me okay. Very important and urgent.

I am looking forward to hear from you. E-mail (mrsliliandike@hotmail.com)

Yours,
Mrs Lilian Dike
Secretary.

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