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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: Anita Abdalla <anitaabdalla2014@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:37:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Saludos a usted,


Saludos a usted,
                                                                
Complemento de la jornada, espero que todo esté bien con usted, no dudaré en darle la bienvenida en mis brazos, estoy Anita Abdalla estoy sola. Tengo el placer de escribir hoy, de hecho, Me alegro de que estoy navegando por la red y encontré su correo electrónico de contacto en la búsqueda de la amistad que aprecio tu amistad, porque creo que buen amigo es un regalo de Dios.
 
Por favor, realmente estoy mirando adelante a oír de usted, y
aprender un poco más acerca de usted, si usted está interesado en ser parte de la presentación Me.For más también yo os envío mis fotos para usted, para que podamos saber más sobre el otros.

Muchas gracias y mi respeto

Anita

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