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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: Justyna Doma <justynadoma95@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: doma_justyna@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:44:31 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hi, am Justyna Doma


Hi, am Justyna Doma





































































i hope you are in atmosphere
of peace and love.It was very great to me when i found your profile in
my searching for a responsible and reliable person to have a good
friendship  with and I fond a great spark in my heart despite that I
have not seen you in person,but there was a feeling that really gave me a
nice pleasure to communicate with you and see how the sun will shines
like,am willing to be your friend and here is my email address which you
can contact me(doma_justyna@yahoo.com)and after that i promise to send
you my picture in my next mail for u to know who i am, and how i looks
like ,

Miss.Justyna


































(doma_justyna@yahoo.com)

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