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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: maryann barry <maryannbarry@att.net>
Reply-To: marryannmories@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:35:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello


Hello my name is Maryann am 22 years old never married i saw your email today when i was browsing i, then made up mind to contact you as my friend i want to make a nice friend with you i will like you to Email me back so that i will give you my picture and for you to know who i am it will be my pleasure to hear from you soon is from me

Miss Maryann

Hello my name is MaryAnn vagyok 22 éves nem házas láttam az e-mail ma, amikor böngészve találtam rá i, majd készült arra, hogy Önt, mint a barátom Azt akarom, hogy egy szép barátja veled fogom szeretni, hogy e-mail vissza, így , hogy adok neked képet, és, hogy tudja, ki vagyok én lesz örömömre szolgál, hogy hallani hamarosan a tőlem

kisasszony MaryAnn

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