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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 Nicolin Meza" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nicolinza1@email.ua>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:24:54 +0800
Subject: Attention My Dear

Good Day,

My name is Ms Nicolin Meza, and I am the District Manager with a prominent bank. I'm writing following a proposal in my office that may enhance our living standards should you partake in my proposal, its valued at $28.6M USD. I am willing divide the proceeds equally ( 50% ) at the end of this deal. All I require is your honest cooperation. I would send you more details of this proposal should I hear from you.

If your interested, please contact me at nicolinza1@email.ua immediately.

P/S : I would like to apologize in anyway, should this mail comes as an offense to your conscience.

Sincerely,
Ms Nicolin Meza

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