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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: "Ms.Sahar Ghanem" <claimday09@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: chritain_uo@ymail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:05:46 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: I need your urgent Attention




Attn:

I am quite sure that this mail will surprise you since we did not know
each others before. But I searched & got your contact through Google.com

For formal Introduction, I am Ms. Sahar Ghanem, Formal Protocol officer to
Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi, My reason of contacting you is because I am
looking for a Trustworthy person, who will help claim (US$5.347M) fund i
deposited into a security firm vault.

If you can help, Contact me for more information. But If not, delete this
message and forget I ever contacted you


Regards

Ms. Sahar Ghanem,



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