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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: mariaduk56 <mariaduk56ddddd@libero.it>
Reply-To: mariadukson70@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 02:13:37 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: HOPING PATIENTLY FOR YOUR SOONEST REPLY

Greetings dear, hope you're fine and in good health? My name is Maria and I
will love to have a good communication with you.

I came across your email in one of the dating sites i visited days back and i
thought it wise to
email you so that we could get to know more about each other, so please
kindly get back to me through this email address (mariadukson70@gmail.com) so
that i will discuss something very urgent and confidential with you and also
share my photos with you.
Hoping for your responds soon
Maria

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