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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: Amanda Yaman <my_amanda@gmx.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:28:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Awaiting your urgent response




Greetings of the day to you



How are you today with the family and life in general; I hope all is well and fine? Mine is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal. My full name is Amanda Yaman from the republic of Liberia in West Africa. I'm contacting you to get to know you well and more if it come to be, to come to compromise that you will not betray the trust and honest in our friendship; I like to meet a person of honor and dignity may be it might be you if it is God`s will and I strongly believe that my dreams must come true by the grace of God.

I am single and never married ,5ft 7 inches tall,50kg weight, black hair. I am loyal and a loving companion. I am also kind-hearted and good listener, My hobbies include taking care of people, sharing problems with others and find solution to the problems ,going to beach with my friends etc.

I am from Monrovia-Liberia and presently, I am residing in a church orphanage home here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the political crisis in my country, I have been praying to God to give me someone who will not betray my trust and confidence.

However, something has been bothering me and i have kept it to myself because I am afraid to disclose it to anyone. I am afraid of betrayal, I am afraid someone might take advantage of me.

Before going further, I want to know if this your email account is personal and only used by you to enable me go into details of my purpose of contacting you.

I have an important something to discuss with you.

Awaiting your urgent response.

Amanda

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