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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: viviane johnson <glory.johnson71@gmail.com>
Reply-To: princess.rubel@ymail.com
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 20:22:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello dear friend,

Hello dear friend,


















how are you doing over there in your country,I hope you are doing well?
my name is miss princess johnson rubel i am a young beautiful girl with
full of love and caring also romantic,well i saw your email today.i
think we can click together please i will like you to email me back
through my email adderss.so i will tell you all about me and send you my
foto ok.


















Yours,princess.




















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