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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.Rehan .Ahmed" <rehana.ahmed73@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: amrs.rehana@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:46:48 -0700
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUST

Dearly Beloved,
I want to believe God has led me to you, as i got your email contact on the internet as i was trying to look for who to Trust on this project.I need your trust and assistance to help build and donate this fund to either a charity/orphanage home due to my health condition.
When my late Husband was alive he deposited Money worth Eight million us dollars equivalent with a bank which I inherited after his death,contact me for more details concerning this Project.
I pray that God be with you as you help me out on this.
From,

Mrs.Rehana Ahmed.

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