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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: "Mrs. Gina Rinehart" <info@fai.utb.cz>
Reply-To: gina_rinehart001@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:54:43 +0100
Subject:




My dear friend and partner,

Greetings to you my Dear Beloved, I know contacting you Via Internet is
not a good medium as i know it has been greatly Abused but I still see it
as the easiest means of communication.

I am happy to know you, but God knows you better and he knows why he has
directed me to you at this point in time, please do not be afraid of how I
got your contact, I saw your e-mail contact through the ministry of
commerce and foreign trade departments.

I am writing this mail to you with heavy sorrow in my heart, my name is
Mrs. Gina Rinehart, a great citizen of Australia,born in Perth, Western
Australia, in February 1954,I am a 58-year-old widow with a weight problem
, a persecution complex and I am contacting you because I don’t have any
other option than to tell you as I know I won't survive for long and I was
touched to open up to you about my project is worth ($200,000,000.00) Two
Hundred Million Dollars which I intend to use for CHARITY.

Please reply me back if you are interested, so i can furnish you with
further details.

Email: gina_rinehart001@yahoo.co.jp

God Bless You.

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