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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: "gladdevan33@libero.it" <gladdevan33CONTACTME@libero.it>
Reply-To: gladevans7@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 16:18:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Greetings to you,

Greetings to you,
How are you dear? i hope you are doing great. Note: Sorry if you received this
letter in your spam, Due to recent connection error here in the country, permit
me to introduce myself to you. I am miss Glad Evans single never married. I am
looking for a reliable person with love and trust, it's my pleasure write to
you, After viewed your profile with your email contact today and i became
interested in knowing you for important discussion, please write back to my
email so that i will explain more about me with my photos. ( gladevans7@yahoo.
com ) I Hope to hear from you!

Yours sincerely;
Glad.

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