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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: Miss Mercy Eduardo <missmercyeduardxx@att.net>
Reply-To: missmercyeduardox@att.net
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:18:05 -0400
Subject: Hi



Hi,

I know that you will be surprise at receipt of this email from me to
you. I don?t know how you will react after reading this email to
you,but I do hope that it makes sense to you and it meat favorably to
your attention.

First I am Miss Mercy Eduardo from the republic of Angola in the
Southern Part of Africa.I am lady, My aim of writing you is for us to
be friends a distance friend and from there we can take this to next
level, I write this with the purest of intentions and I do hope that
it meets with your attention,
what I seek here is a God fearing friend that will understand me and I
will understand you and together be perfect friends. I am not a player
and do not seek a player too.

Please reply back as I have hope that I will hear from you
soon.
Thank you for your time.

Your
Miss Mercy Eduardo

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