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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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Fraud email example:

From: Micheal Smith Soludo <michealsmithsoludo@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:02:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: my dream


The life in womb is a different thing from the life here on earth,a child in the womb is been sustain by the loving mother and the child never know all the trouble on the earth .all human are born different ,different faces from different mothers, absolutely different we are all are born to survive.the survival of human are within them and their environment but sometime many thing stop or hinder us from using our own natural gift to survive.many time we are taking to slavery trying to survive even with our natural gift.money these is one of the things that divide us ,kill our love for each other,sometime kill our dreams in life .......money drive humans insane causing alot of distress that result in alots of deformities to our first nature before getting to the old age on the track to get it,i wonder what the world call power,i wonder what seperate the rich and the poor ?some poor even sound relevant but no power(money) to be heard .i wonder what is
power,i wonder what kill the love on earth,why can!t our power save us from all the trouble in this world, the war threat and terrorist attack.struggling to make money causing alot of damage on the track to it,even sometime spoiling our relationship with others,some even give their life to it. i wanna reach my fellow world on this track(earth), can we kill money and grow love?all our needs and troubles here true love can solve,every life needs to love and be loved. my name is iloakasia leonard AKA SEAN PRESTO,am a musician .i was born with my dream to reach the world .......the whole human race but still money is taken me on slavery ,can!t even be heard by others....even written many songs but no money to bring it out for the world to hear my own side of story .i plead for your help to power my dreams here on the earth(i want to inspire my generation through my music).you can click on my fanspage www.facebook.com/seanpresto. for my detail where you can
download one of my song *Jah Jah Know * or call me on +2348064166306..am ready to be sign to a record label or even make agreement may be as a loan that will be paid back as am ready to sign agreement with anybody that will help me to achieve my musical dreams .i have recorded some song but i still need to do more with video and then bring the musical album out . thanks for your audience

YOUR BOY HERE
iloakasia leonard
   Sean Presto

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