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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: "vanessavenan@libero.it" <vanessavenan@libero.it>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:34:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: please direct me



Greetings

I Hope my message finds you in good health,I was adopted by an Israeli missionary late Sister Ann Ventura. and has
been living with her for the pass ten years, before she died,She left behind all her belongings with me included
all the money she had that was with the bank here the sum value of Four Millions United States dollars which she
made the deposit with my name as the next of kin,

I am writing to you because I needed an honest person that will assist me to handle this fund, please if you are
interested to help me please contact me with this Email ( vanessavtl@yahoo.fr ) so that I will give you more

details,

Kind Regards,
Miss Vanessa Ventura.

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