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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: meme nda <meme01@indiatimes.com>
Reply-To: "favoranandadaye@hotmail.com" <favoranandadaye@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:23:46 +0530 (IST)
Subject: HI



HELLO
nice to meet you.
I am favor by name i have grown to realize that to live a happy and more comfortable life on this earth,is when one finds a good,loving and caring friend.I decided to search for online friends and today am happy that your profile i saw motivates me so much so i wish to contact you just to say hey.
I am seeking for a long term friend relationship affair with you build on a strong and concrete foundation without minding the differences in our age,culture,tradition and religion.For further introduction of myself,contact me at the below email ID (Remember the distance or color does not matter but love matters a lot in life,
(favoranandadaye@hotmail.com)



(favoranandadaye@hotmail.com)

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