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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: Temianna Gerhard <temi21gerh@ymail.com>
Reply-To: Temianna Gerhard <ttentgerhard@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 01:26:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Dear & Happy New Year!


 Hello Dear,

I will like us to be good friends, I am Miss Temianna Gerhard. origin of Somalia, I am the only child & daughter of my late parents. My late father deal on Oil & Gas, before he was killed along side with my mother in a car bomber during the political crisis in my country.
presently i live in Senegal,  I got your email from online Google directory, and I wish to seek your assistant to achieve my late father deposit fund what Four million Eight hundred & fifty thousand US-Dollars ($4,850.000.00) in a Finances House to use it for a business propose that will profit me and you. I don't know how you will feel about it, despite we don't know each other before?
I believe that It takes a day to make friend, and I hope you are the one I can count on.
I wish to tell you more about myself and my background If you accepted with my proposal.
In order for us to stay in better side on this communication, please write me on my private emails:-(ttentgerhard@hotmail.com) to discuss it confidential!.

Thanks & Best regards
Miss Temianna Gerhard.
ttentgerhard@hotmail.com

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