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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: Mathiue Yayidue <cmpma@tin.it>
Reply-To: myayidue@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:04:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?_SU_ATENCI=C3=93N_URGENTE?=


Después de mucha consideración sobre este asunto,¿Está interesado en operación comercial de $ 8.2Million? Responder si está interesado para obtener más detalles.
mi correo electrónico privado he decidido contactar con usted, para el último Mr. Eduardo Villalobos Alfredo, un grupo de trabajo de expatriados en el país hecho un gran depósito a plazo fijo a mi oficina (es decir, el banco) antes de su muerte sin ningún próxima registrado los familiares designar a su cuenta en mi oficina, que se ha clasificado automáticamente sus depósitos para el mandato beneficiario abierta, y buscan su colaboración para que podamos reclamar este money.I que instan a volver a mí con su correo electrónico ligustro para permitir más sobre este transacción para la familias se benefician tanto futuro.
sinceramente
Dr Mathieu yayideu


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