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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: Linda Rouee <linda_rouee@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: Linda Rouee <lindarouee@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:01:49 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: hello dear



Hello Dear !!!
I am Linda, 24yrs old female ,looking forward to meeting a caring &
serious man for life experience who believes and have the fear of God,
why don't you drop me a mail so that we can share a direct
communication,my real gladness will be reading from you.i think this is
the better way to start a very good relationship from my own
perspective, Please feel free to contact me .I hope to read from
you,have a very nice and a wonderful day.
Linda.

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