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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: Nora Marilyn Thomson <mrs.theresa_charron@centrum.cz>
Reply-To: marilyn.nora@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 17:31:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Bonjour




Bonjour



Je viens pour vous annoncer la bonne nouvelle,concernant mon coffre,j'ai finalement trouvé une amie qui a payé mon billet,pour me permettre d'aller récupérer mon coffre personnellement.



Dieu merci,j'ai pu le récupérer,mais j'ai peur de traverser les deux aéroport avec le coffre,cependant j'ai besoin que vous venez me rejoindre ici afin de trouver une solution ensemble pour sortir tout les 14.5MILLION DE DOLLAR dans ce pays.

J'ai une autre solution,je veux vous envoyer 5000$, pour vous permettre d'ouvrir un compte spéciale afin que tout les 14.5MILLION DE DOLLAR soit transféré dans ce compte.Est ce que cette solution est bonne???

Répondez moi immédiatement SVP.

Au plaisir de vous entendre.

Cordialement

Nora.

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