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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- confidencejohnson2014@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: confidence98720 <confidence98720gouubbig@libero.it>
Reply-To: Confidencejohnson2014@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:42:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: hi

My Dearest One!
Greetings to you, I hope this mail will find you well healthy as I hope we can
establish a relationship since we are meeting here for the first time. I have
gone through a profile that speaks well of you on this site, I was impressed
when I saw your profile and decide to communicate with you. It is my desire to
know you; I am seeking for a long term affair with you to build a strong and
concrete foundation without minding the differences in our age, culture,
tradition and religion. I like honesty, trust, love, caring, truth and
respectable person. I have all these qualities in me; RESPECT is the key for
understanding and tolerance among human beings. Please your acceptance respond
to me through my private mail box (Confidencejohnson2014@hotmail.com) will make
me feel very happy, and then I will send my pictures to enable you know whom I
am. Thanks and hoping to hear from you soonest in my mail box because I have
something to tell you, remain bless.
My Regards to you,
Miss Confidence

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â–‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘__â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ___â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ
â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘____â–‘â–“â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–“__â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘___â–‘â–“â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“_____â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘_______________â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
_â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘____For______â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
__â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘____You_____â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
___â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘___ ____â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
____â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘________â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
_____â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘_____â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
______â–ˆâ–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘__â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
_______â–ˆâ–“â–’â–‘â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
_________â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ
_______â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ -Lovely
_____â–‘â–’â–“â–ˆâ–ˆ -days
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_$_________$..o*:.0:...*
_$_________$_$$$$$$$$$$$
_$111111111$_$_________$
_$111111111$_$_________$
_$111111111$_$_________$
__$1111111$__$111111111$
___$11111$___$111111111$
____$111$____$111111111$
_____$Â®$______$1111111$
______$________$11111r$
______$_________$111j$
______$__________$Â®$
______$___________$
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__________________$
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