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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: "mary mike" <marymike5050@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: marymike37@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 21:26:34 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Hi My Darling




How are you doing todaay ,hope every thing is under control if so thanks
be to
God almighty who made it so ,My name is Miss Mary Mike. I come across your
profile today and I personaly became interested in being your friend even
more
than that ,but as time gose on we will know better , though we can not meet
face to face for the moment ,but all is the same . I will be very glad if
you
can grant me my request

Mary Mike

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