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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: miss kintu <misskintu@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:32:37 +0100
Subject: How are you today
Hi Dear how are you today, my name is kintu am searching for a real friend
that is trustworthy and caring. a friend who understand the real meaning of
love and trust in each other, a mature partner that will be faithful to me
and will understand that a real love dose not count distance or color after
reading your profile i feel a great joy in my heart withing me. i took
interest on you despite that i have not seen you in person but your
profiles really gave me a nice pleasure to communicate with you. and I hope
you will be the true loving, honest partner that I have been looking for,
And I have something special to tell you about myself,
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