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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: Marinette Caberas <mariteecab@att.net>
Reply-To: marinettecaberas25@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:54:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: God bless you




God bless you



My name is Marinette Caberas, i have decided to donate what i have to the charitable organization through you, which is the sum of ($16,870) sixteen million eight hundred and seventy thousand dollars. You may be wondering why i chosen you. But someone has to be chosen. I was diagnosed of cancer since 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, let me know urgently your acceptance to this fund into a good investment for the benefit of street children, open orphanage homes, schools, hospitals and helping widows contact me for more details to claim this money and provide those below information to me when replying.



1 your full name ……………………….

2 your nationality ………………………

3 your age ………………………………

4 your telephone number ………………



Faithfully sister in Christ,

Mrs.Marinette Caberas

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