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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 Evie <jamlsn4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: m_evie78@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:00:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear




Hello Dear

 



How are you today, my name is Evie, I picked interest on you after going
through a profile that speak well of you. I really want to have a good
friendship with you; I believed we can move from here, Remember color or
distance does not matter but love matters a lot in life.

 

I will be
very happy, if you can get back to me, so that I will tell you more details
about me. I am waiting for your mail.

 

Hope to hear
from you soon from,

Miss   Evie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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