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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: Clara ajaiye <clara51ajaiye@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:25:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings with love

Greetings
with love,
How are you and how is your work? I hope all is well with you, My name is
Miss Clara. I know you may be surprised how I get your e-mail

I got your e-mail today,
when I looked on the
lookout for honest partner,
I feel to drop this
few lines to you,
and I will pray you to contact me via my email (Clara51ajaiye@yahoo.com) so we can know each other and share our pictures
and we can become partners. Remember the distance does not matter
what matters is the love we share with each other.
I'm waiting to hear from you soon.

Greetings Miss Clara.

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