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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: mrsfatourobinson03@yahoo.cn
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:56:03 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Look what I just found on myway.com!

My Way


This page was forwarded to you from the My Way Web site (www.myway.com)
From:mrsfatourobinson03@yahoo.cn
URL:http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120421/D9U91LU03.html
Message: Greetings to You. My name is Mrs. Fatou Robinson . I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago.I decided to WILL/donate the sum of ($4.7 Millon USD) to you for God Charity Work.Please do pray to God for my recovery. My friend please do not send me email here make sure you contact me with my private email address at mrsfatourobinson03@yahoo.cn. pls send you contact information's to me such as (1) Your Full name, (2) Your Full address, (3) Your telephone(4) Your Age/Occupation to enable me contact the Security Company where my Late husband keep this money as family valuables. i use this site to contact all of you to seek for any person that will help me, bear in mind that you are not the only person i contacted about this but i need a God fearing person. Regards, Mrs. Fatou Robinson.

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