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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: zarrinafgdcx hleerlh <ooozarrina110@att.net>
Reply-To: zarrina110@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:05:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HI














I am intrested in you,






My name is zarrina, I am
very good looking and pretty girl, sincere and trusted, God fearing,
Dear it was very great when i got your profiles today in this
sitehttp]i feel a great joy in my heart withing me to be interested on
you despite that i have not seen you in person but your profiles really
gave me a nice pleasure to meet with you. and I hope you will be the
true loving, honest and caring one th I have been looking for, And I
have something special to tell you about me, you can contact me through
my email address  i will send my picture directly to you in my next
mail. I will be waiting for your response,






Yours ever zarrina













أنا مهتم أنا فيكم ،
اسمي zarrina، وأنا أبحث عن جيد جدا، وفتاة جميلة، صادقة وموثوق بها ، خوفا من الله، أيها كان كبيرا جدا عندما حصلت على الملامح الخاصة بك اليوم في هذا sitehttp] أشعر بفرح كبير في قلبي في داخلي لتكون مهتمة في كنت على الرغم من أنني لم أر لك شخصيا ولكن ملامح الخاص أعطى لي حقا متعة جميلة
أن ألتقي بكم. وأرجو أن يكون صحيحا المحبة والصدق ورعاية one عشر لقد كنت أبحث عن ولدي شيء خاص لاقول لكم عني، يمكنك الاتصال بي من خلال بريدي
الالكتروني سأرسل صورتي مباشرة لك في بلادي البريد القادم. سوف أكون في انتظار ردكم،
لك zarrina من أي وقت مضى

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