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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: clara donald <donaldclara76@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: clara donald <clara_donald66@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:04:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR MY BELOVED ONE IN THE LORD


May God be with you.

I am Miss. Clara Donald, I am a 18 yrs old girl from lybia whose parents were assassinated in cold blood by unknown government men, I am temporally seeking protection in a refugee camp in west African, I came across this email ID and decided to ask you for this request, it is true that i don't know you and you don't know me, but I believe if you have a kind heart you can be off help to me.
 
I write to say that i want your assistance to come over to your country to start a new life, I am  not safe and free here in the refugee Camp, most especially now that my parents are not available to take care of me, I inherited a legacy of $7,000.000.00(Seven Million United States Dollars) from my father, I am asking for your trust-ship to secure this money for me in a trust account, and also to use this benefits to take care of me in your country, please feel very free to write back to me as soon as possible, if you are willing to help me, for sure you will be compensated for this assistance.

Note: Kindly get back to me on my personal E-mail Address: clara_donald66@hotmail.com  for more details concerning this transaction
 

I wait to hear from you soon.
 
Sincerely,
Miss. Clara Donald










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