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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: Rita Lee <rita.lee@qip.ru>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:48:48 +0300
Subject: Please read this mail attentively


Hello Dear,

I am Mrs Rita Lee .I was formerly married to ENG
Wong Lee from China , we have spent years together without child ,
to my greatest surprise he was Assassinated during the last Civil war
in my country. to cut things short after his burial I discover some
vital document that i will forward to you in my next mail, that he has
some money keeping with a bank here that he promised to use for
investment with his foreign partner that this money can only be
transfer to his foreign partner account that I Mrs Rita lee is the only
next of kin that can nominated his foreign nominee.

Dear to cut
the story short if you know you are ready to work with me I will give
you 20% of the total money to introduce me to profitable investment we
can do with this money,it is the total amount of $25,400,000.00. if
you have idea of any business in your country where we can invest this
money I am waiting for your urgent reply to tell you what step next.

Love From
Mrs Rita Lee

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