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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: Safia Ghanem <hlttr13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hlttr12@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:35:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Greetings from Safia








































Dear Friend,
 
Nice to meet you.How are you and how is your work? I hope that all is well with you, My
name is Safia Ghanem,I'm from Libya. I know that you may be suprise how i get your email, i got your email today when i was browsing looking for honest partner,i went through your profile and i like it alot,then i feel to drop this few line to you , and  i will like you to contact me through my email so that we can know each other and exchange our pictures, and we may become friends.
 
Remember the distance does not matter .What matters is the love we share with each other.I am waiting  to hear from you soon.
 
Regards,
Safia Ghanem

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