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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: CENDRINE VAN KLAVEREN <nghilt.qld@moh.gov.vn>
Reply-To: CENDRINE VAN KLAVEREN <cendrine.vanklaveren@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:04:49 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Demande de Correspondance !!!



Bonjour, Ne sois pas du tout surpris de mon message car, je veux que nous soyons des amis m&ecirc;me si la distance nous s&eacute;pare on peut aussi se revoir un jour, car nul ne peut d&eacute;terminer les limites de son parcours sur la terre. J&rsquo;aimerais correspondre avec vous pour am&eacute;liorer mes connaissances, j&rsquo;aime les rencontres et je r&ecirc;ve d'avoir des enfants aussi je n'aime pas les fausses promesses et la trahison car c'est suite de nombreuses trahisons des hommes que je me suis retrouv&eacute;e seule. Le plaisir est pour moi de te faire parvenir ce message de correspondance pour faire ta connaissance. En effet, je me nomme Cendrine Van Klaveren &acirc;g&eacute;e de 29,actuellement je suis en mission en afrique au B&eacute;nin pr&eacute;cis&eacute;ment dans la ville de Grand Popo.Je suis secr&eacute;taire ex&eacute;cutif IRIC au Canada. Je veux te lire aussi, &agrave; la prochaine. Je te laisse mon adresse mail:cendrine.vanklaveren@yahoo.com

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