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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 dame <missnina2u@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: missnina44u23@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:35:27 -0600
Subject: HI



Interested in you.

My Name is Nina dame, i am slim in stature above all i like being
honesty,trusted, sincere. I have gone through your contact mail
today, it interest me to know you more, and I hope to use this
opportunity to explain myself a little about me, i am yellow in
completion, I wish you to write me through id (
missnina44u23@yahoo.co.uk ). also i will send you my picture after
hearing from you. 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 dear and hope to hear from you soon.

Love From,

Miss Nina,
missnina44u23@yahoo.co.uk

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