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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: Narex Louise <faustocavani@tin.it>
Reply-To: lnarex@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:54:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: salutation


Salut très cherj'aimerais avoir un correspondant sérieux avec qui je pourrai échanged'idées et autres, On m’appelle Narex Louise j’ai 29ans,originairecanadiennes résident au canada, dans la ville dequebec pour mes raisons professionnelles et je suis secrétaire administratif dans unesociété dénommé (H Q I ) HYDRO QUEBEC INTERNATIONAL
Je serai très heureuse si vous accepter ma correspondante .
Car j’aimerais avoir un lien d'amitier
très sérieux avec vous .Merci de me répondre à mon courriel personnel :
lnarex@yahoo.frJ'attends ta réponse.
Narex LouiseEmail: lnarex@yahoo.fr
Adresse 303 Moodie Drive Suite 400. QUEBEC,Ontario K2H 9R4 Canada

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