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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: Juliet Dickson <julietdickson1@aol.com>
Reply-To: julietdickson353@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:53:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear!



Olá queridos!

Como você está hoje como eu espero que você esteja muito bem! Quero me apresentar a você antes que eu pudesse ir mais longe, eu sou a Miss Juliet Dickson pelo nome me deparei com o seu perfil, que realmente parece tão interessante de você, então eu decidi deixar uma nota para que você saiba que eu estou interessado em você para a amizade. Por favor, se você estiver interessado eu gostaria que você me e-mail de volta, para que possamos conhecer uns aos outros e compartilhar fotos, opiniões, opiniões, conselhos e culturas, sem qualquer interesse egoísta especial. Eu estou esperando para obter uma resposta em breve. aqui é o meu endereço de e-mail, julietdickson353@yahoo.com, Obrigado.
Julieta Dickson

Hello Dear!

How are you today as I do hope you are very fine! I want to introduce myself to you before I could go further, I'm Miss Juliet Dickson by name I came across your profile which really sound so interesting of you so I decided to drop a note to let you know that I am interested in you for friendship. Please if you are interested I will like you to email me back, so that we can get to know each other and share photos, opinions, views, advice, and cultures without any special selfish interest. I am waiting to get a reply from you soon. here is my email address, julietdickson353@yahoo.com, Thank you.
Juliet Dickson

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