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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: Susan Smith <sus.smith01@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: sus.smith@ymail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:40:02 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: From Miss,Avaneesh.


From Miss,Avaneesh.
Good morning,

I decided to contacts you because of your good profile i want to solicit for your help in fulfilling my wish, I am Miss.Avaneesh,21 yrs old an a citizen of Syria,the Dauter of Mr/mrs Smith Susan. my father worked with Tallow oil Cote d’ Ivoire before he died years ago, and my mother also died when I was only six years, i am writing you this message for urgent assistance because I never do international transfer and I do not what to do to claim the money in the bank due to my age.

The reason why i am writing you this letter is because i want you to stand as my late father’s business partner for beneficiary to the sum of my $ 7.8 Million (Seven million Eight hundred thousand united states dollars) i don’t have any biological father or a mother and no body to help because I can not link or expose these to every body that’s every body is fearing each other no trust for the safety of the money since there are I civil war ever since 2002, this why I want to leave after the transfer is made,

So, Please can I trust and hope in you to handle the transfer?

Expecting to your message soonest.

Best wishers.

Sincerely
Miss,Avaneesh.

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