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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: titi kambo <aadabbas@dardubai.co.ae>
Reply-To: <titi_kambo@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 13:51:38 +0000
Subject: am pleased to contact you

Hello,
I am happy to contact you after going through your profile.
I am miss Titi,a young,single and attractive girl,i have never been married and therefore has no kids.I will be really happy to be your friend or a lot more as time goes on,please try to write back to me so that i can send you my pictures for you to see how i am and then to correspond better.
Thank you in anticipation of your reply.
Miss Titi



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