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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: Mme Duca Rose <t.boiani@alice.it>
Reply-To: ducarose@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:17:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: repond moi s'il te plait


Bonjour
Je me nomme Mme Rose Duca, Canadienne de nationalité. J'ai dû
vous contacter de la sorte parce que je souhaite me libérer d'un fardeau qui me
tient le plus à cœur. En effet,J'ai peur que le reste de mon argent environ
près de 10.000.000€ actuellement se trouvant au niveau du service de gardiennage
de la Banque Of Africa du BENIN soient un gâchis après mon décès.Je vous
prie donc d'accepter cette offre que je veux mettre gracieusement à votre
disposition pour aider les démunis si vous êtes d'accord veuillez me répondre à
mon adresse : ducarose@yahoo.fr
Que Dieu reste avec vous

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