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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: Neville Linda <nevillelinda1@att.net>
Reply-To: nevillelinda1@msn.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:57:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Neville and Linda Haskins




Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings. First of all I will like to thank you for given your attention to read my mail and for your interest,I pray that my plan with you shall be of good success.After you read all this mail please kindly contact us via email. It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my younger sister  Linda Haskins,intend to establish in your country. My name is Neville Haskins and am here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin West Africa with my Sister Linda Haskins and we are from Cairo Eygpt but here in Cotonou as a result of the war in my country. We entered as a result of the war in my country which lead to the death of my father and mother living me and Halima alone on earth and the war is still on if you have time to watch BBC or CNN . Though I have not met with you before but I believe,one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of Nine million U.S dollars, which my
late Father kept for us in a security storage house here before he was assasinated by unknow persons as war going on. Now me and my sister decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.We want you to help us to transfer this fund to your country for investment. If you you can be of an assistance to us we will like you to tell us what you will take from us as compensation or percentage from the total fund.  Sincerely Yours. From Neville and Linda Haskins

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