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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 jennifer <j87.afybaby@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: j87_afybaby@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 04:49:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hi compliment of day.



My dear,



Greeting to you and to every menbers of your family ,i am miss jennifer afikpodara,the only duagther of mr late patent,i lost my parent douring political crisis in our country,i am 19 years old please i need your help to retrieve the consignment my late father deposited with the security company befor he die.



Plaese can you come down and meet me here in koumassi cote d ivoire in order to approach the security company where the fund is securely deposited and together retrieve and move together to your country with me.My dear i have to be cencere with you that the world is polluted of nagetive people and it will be unreaonable of you to open up to a stranger,it is likewise me and that is why i personally prefer to have your option on how to go in this transaction,the amount is ($5.6m) and i promise to offer you 15% of the total amount.



Miss jennifer.

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