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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. Kadia Haziz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ms.kadiahaziz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:46:41 +0200
Subject: Hello

My name is Ms. Kadia Haziz, i am sending you this message in peace and
for the benefit of me and you this message is not to border you or send to you as a scam
message i am not one of those internet fraudster i am 18 years old girl i am from Libya i want
to make good friendship with a honest person who is interested in been my partner.i
have a business proposal to share with you because of the war in Libya i am looking for
good investor to partner with and a safer place where i can build up my investment and
also adopt me if you are interested to partner with me in good faith contact me with the
following informations
(1)your full name. (2)a mobile number i can use to call you, i will call
you to discus more about this issue with you on phone send you reply to my private
email address
thank you,

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