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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: Miss Mary Zaya <missmaryzaya04@att.net>
Reply-To: maryzaya2@att.net
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:40:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HOW ARE YOU DOING


Hello  Dear



My name is Mary  i am a female in search of a person who understands love
as trust and faith rather seeing it as a way of fun but a matured love
with good science of humor.please contact me with this privet  email
address here,i believe we can start from here, waiting your urgent reply
so i can send pictures for further introductions.Remember;age,distance
or color does not matter but love matters in life


 Mary




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