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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: Shula Mmites <shulammites92@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: shulammites@rocketmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:45:41 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?0L/RgNC40LLQtdGC?=




привет
Меня зовут shulammites, я видел ваш адрес электронной почты сегодня и я заполнить больший интерес, чтобы связаться с you.I ищу страстный, верный, заботливый, честный, открытый единомышленников, Fun, чтобы быть с, спокойный, любящий, надежный и богобоязненный человек, который готов к любви, я девушка, которая готова начать новую вещь для долгосрочных отношений, я хотел вам пожалуйста, пришлите мне по электронной почте на мой адрес электронной почты с помощью (shulammites@rocketmail.com) для меня сказать вам больше обо мне и моей pics.I будет ждать
вашего ответа на мой адрес выше благодаря
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Hello
My name is shulammites,i saw your email address today and i fill more interest to contact you.I am looking for a passionate,Loyal, Caring, Honest, Open minded, Fun to be with, Easy going,Loving, Trustworthy and God Fearing man who is ready to love, am a girl that is willing to start a new thing for a long term relationship,i will like you to please send me an email at my email address via (shulammites@rocketmail.com) for me to tell you more about me and my pics.I will be waiting for your reply on my email address above thanks


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