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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: Lutunku <misssuccess3@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:49:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: HELLO


 Hello Dear,
How are you today,Hope all is well with you and your family? My name is Ms Success and it really pleases me to write you for a lovely and sincere friendship through this medium though we haven’t met or seen each other before. I will so much appreciate to see your reply soon so that we can share a lot about ourselves, countries, likes, dislikes and pictures to know more about ourselves.I shall appreciate an urgent response from you,because i have something to discuss with you and cant wait to get to know you.I believe this is a better way to start a good and respectable friendship.With lots of love from your new friend Miss Success.

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