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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: jennifer dion <vivianabby30@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jennifer_dioni@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:20:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ol=E1?=


Olá
Meu nome é Miss Jennifer Dion i vi o seu e-mail hoje e tornou-se interessado em conhecer você, eu gosto de você para me enviar um e-mail para que eu lhe diga quem eu sou e também para saber mais de você e lhe enviar as minhas fotos para você me conhecer pessoalmente, meu endereço de e-mail privado (jennifer_dioni@yahoo.com). Acredito que podemos passar daqui a fim de alcançar coisas boas no future.I estou esperando para o seu e-mail para o meu endereço de e-mail acima am senhorita Jennifer Dion. (Lembre-se que a distância ou de cor não importa, mas o amor e compreensão importa muito na vida) Yours New Friend
Mis Jennifer Dion.
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Hello
My name is Miss Jennifer Dion i saw your mail today and became interested in knowing you, i will like you to send me an e-mail in order for me to tell you whom i am and also to know you more and send you my pictures for you to know me in person, my private e-mail address  (jennifer_dioni@yahoo.com). I believe we can move from here in order to Achieve good things in the future.I am waiting for your mail to my email address above am Miss Jennifer Dion. (Remember that distance or color does not matter but love and understanding matters a lot in life) Yours New Friend
Mis Jennifer Dion.

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