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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: "Silvia Micheal" <silvia_michea@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: silvia.michea@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 03:38:48 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Good evening



Good evening

How is work and business? I hope you and your family are doing well?My
name is Silvia Micheal,Female.can you be my good friend? i want to come to
your country to study and do business with you or your company .when i
receive your reply,i will send you my pictures for you to see how i look
like.I pray you will like it.Please reply to my email address so that i
will let you know about the business proposal.(silvia.michea@yahoo.com)

Thanks God bless
Yours Silvia


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