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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: pamelababy <pamelaarona@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: pamela4love_2@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ol=E1!?=


Hello!





I'm pamela I found your contact while surfing the Internet at
dan.tobias.name





  and I picked interest in getting in contact with you so as to know you
better. I wish to be in relationship with you and may be discover
ourselves as real friends/partners. If you're interested then write me
back here ok. I will be happy seeing a good response from you so that i
can send you my picture and tell you more about me.





Thanks and remain blessed.





Greetings,





pamela











Olá!





Eu sou pamela eu encontrei o seu contacto enquanto navega na Internet em
dan.tobias.name





   e eu peguei interesse em entrar em contato com você, de modo a
conhecê-lo melhor. Gostaria de ter um relacionamento com você e pode ser
descobrir a nós mesmos como verdadeiros amigos / parceiros. Se você
está interessado em seguida, escrever-me de volta aqui ok. Eu vou ser
feliz de ver uma boa resposta de vocês para que eu possa lhe enviar
minha foto e dizer mais sobre mim.





Obrigado e permanecer abençoada.





Saudações,





pamela

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