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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: Nina Mabiza <missnina2u@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: missnina2u@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:32:21 -0600
Subject: Hi dear.



Greetings and how are you doing today,
I am hoping that you are fine and sounding in a good health, I'm
Nina Dame, i slim in stature above all i like being honesty,trusted,
sincere. I have gone through your contact mail today as i was browsing
and searching for relationship it interest me to know you more, and I
hope to use this opportunity to explain myself a little about me, i am
fair in completion,5.9fit tall, 44kg. Somethings I like to do in my
spare time are gardening, home improvement projects, camping,
bicycling in the park, backyard bar-b-ques, moon-lite walks on the
beach, preparing candle-lite dinners for someone special, sending
flowers to someone special for some reasons, sitting and watching the
sun set with someone special, and cuddling in front of a fire with
someone special. I enjoy cooking, gardening, playing billiards, darts,
dinning out, going to the cinema, traveling and site-seeing,
museums,and concerts. I like almost any kind of music, but I think my
favorite is
instrumental jazz. i will tell you more about myself again in my
next mail and hope to hear from you soon. also i will send you my
picture after hearing from you. Love From,
Ms.Nina.

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