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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: mila sanga <mila120@att.net>
Reply-To: milaasanga@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:11:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello.


Hello.





I am very happy  My name is Mila, I'm looking for a person who can be a
true friend and a close confidant, so I checked the knowledge site and
found your profile very interesting, but I think that love is a bridge
connecting the closer.i as a person is honesty, trust, friendly, kind,
loving, respectful, tolerance, patience, realistic person.Someone is
willing to spoil, pamper and love me unconditionally, which is
friendly, sincere, honest, passionate, loyal, After reading your profile





I will be very happy if you can write me through my email for easiest
communication at (milaasanga@yahoo.co.uk) I think we can move from
here. Please note that friendship and love has no color barrier, Barrie
educational back ground, or religious, language, nationality, the only
important thing is love, truth, care and understanding.I hope to
evaluate all these values . I really want to build a very good
relayionship that will last forever.





I'll be waiting to hear from you have a blessed day.





 Miss Mila

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