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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: info@bestmarket.com.ng
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 14:41:45 -0800
Subject: An invitation by bestmarket,nigeria market place
http://bestmarket.com.ng/

Best Market is an e-commerce website that provide free classifieds ad for
his numerous customers. we are here to serve you better.sell your goods or
service with us today so we can show case your business with our million
customers.
start today by creating an account and start posting today for free. are
you into real estate or you sell cars nor service, are you into the sales
of mobile phone. we are waiting to serve you better with the best
marketing hands.
log on to our website to post your goods or service.
if you are job seeker log on to get the latest job update.
wwww.bestmarket.com.ng

http://bestmarket.com.ng/

like us on our face book page.
don't forget to leave you comment behind

contact us at
info@bestmarket.com.ng
if you get this email you visit or website or sister website.
thanks
bestmarket . nigeria marketplace where million sellers meet buyers.

http://bestmarket.com.ng/

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