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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: CHRISTINA DIVANE <dalmatiana@tin.it>
Reply-To: christina.divano@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:54:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: BESOIN DE VOTRE REPONSE D'URGENCE

Bonjour M./Mlle.
Je me présente je suis Mme Christina Divane et je veux vous faire un
Don très important.
je suis ici a Londres suite a une maladie incurable
laquelle mon médecin ma dit si je croie en Dieu je serais peut être
sauvé. Je souffre d'une tumeur du cerveau que je traite depuis plus de
7 mois aujourd'hui. Voilà pourquoi je vous contact.
Je veux vous faire un Don de $1.025.000.00 (Un million vingt cinq mille
de dollars)
Je suis dans l'attente de votre réponse afin de vous donner plusieurs
détails,
Dans l'attente d'une réponse recevez Mr/Mme mes sincères salutations,
veuillez me répondre à mon adresse : christina.divano@hotmail.fr
Mme. CHRISTINA DIVANE

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