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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: "Ms.Favour Manis" <alicejobo@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Ms.Favour Manis" <prsfavoumanis@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 04:22:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear I know my story comes strange to you because of frodulent acts in the internet this days please remove any nagetive thought or doubt in your mind and believe me i saw your auto company profile so i decided to contact you as my heart directed me, my names are Princes Favour manis from liberia i am 19yrs old i inherited from my late father Five million five hundred thousand us Dollars,($5.500.000.00) the fund is in fixed /suspense account in the prime bank here in Abidjan my late father u




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