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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: marjan bahadorai <mbahadorai@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: marjan bahadorai <marjbahadorai@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 01:05:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent


Hello 

I'm sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but
it's because of the situation of things right now, I'm stuck in Odessa
Ukraine with Family right now, we came down here on holiday we were
robbed, The situation seems worse as bags,cash,credit cards and mobile
phone were stolen at GUN POINT, It's such a crazy experience for us, we
need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100%
supportive but the good thing is that we still have our passport but
don't have enough money to get our flight ticket back home, please i
need you to loan me some money, I will reimburse you right as soon as
I'm back home. I promise

Thanks in Advance
Marjan

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