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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: Olivia Daddah <angela1dion@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: oliviaramia@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:23:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Saludos mi nuevo amigo,




Saludos mi nuevo amigo,

Mi nombre es Olivia Ramia Daddah (Miss) Con la esperanza que está haciendo bien hoy. Quiero ser tu nuevo amigo para la vida futura por delante de nosotros, si no te importa me escriben para más conversaciones privadas, ya que creo que estamos o nuestra distancia no puede ser un obstáculo en la recepción de su respuesta por favor intenta agregar las imágenes como voy a escanear inmediatamente mi i saber de usted, gracias.



Anticipación, Olivia.







Greetings My New Friend,

My name is Ramia Olivia Daddah (Miss)With hope you are doing well today. I wish to be your new friend for future life ahead of us if you don't mind write me for more private discussions as i think who we are or our distance can not be a barrier on receiving your reply please try to add your pictures as i will scan my immediately i hear from you, thanks.



Anticipation, Olivia.

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