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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.Jane Karpov" <sandromonduzzi@fastwebnet.it>
Reply-To: jane_karpov@onfruit.cn
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:01:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: My Dear Beloved in the Lord,

My Dear Beloved in the Lord, My Name is Mrs.Jane Karpov, I am married to late Dr
. Yuri Karpov who was an Oil Merchant and international businessman before he d
ied in the year 2001 after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. Befo
re the Untimely death of my husband we were both born again Christians. When my
late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of ($18,000,000.00 USD) with a Ba
nk in UK whose name is withheld Until we open up communication. Following my il
l health, my Doctor told me that i may not last for the next Couple Of Months d
ue to My cancer problem. the one that disturbs me most is my inability to move
Around and Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a God fea
ring Person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein,
according to the desire of my late husband Before his death.I don't want a sit
uation where this money will be used in an ungodly Way.

Please Endeavour to contact me with this email address:

(jane_karpov@onfruit.cn)

Your Beloved Sister in the lord,
Mrs.Jane Karpov

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