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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: ruth baby <ruthbaby1986@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 10:49:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello my dear,


Hello my dear,
complement of the season to you, i wish to express my sincere gratitude to you,
My name is Miss Ruth my contact address is ( rruthbaby50@yahoo.com)
I am a young beautiful girl with full
of love and caring also romantic. well I come in contact with your and I loved it, I think we can click together as one body and
soul.

Please I will appreciate if you can use my Email address to contact me directly to my mailbox and at the same
time I will show you my picture and you also know more about me.
Thanks for your love, understanding and co-operation. Please I hope favorably to get your reply, I wish you a
blissful and a happy moment over there.
Yours sincerely,
Ruth.

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