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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: "Mr. Vladimir Zhirinovsky" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vladimirizhirosky6383839@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 02:57:40 +0530
Subject: Geetings to you

Geetings to you and your family in the name of God. In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten

your contact through prayers and painstaking, My name is Mr. Vladimir Zhirinovsky . I'm a 65

years old man and from Russia . I was a merchant and
owned two businesses in London.and QATAR I was also married with two children.

My wife and two children died in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened, my business and concern for making

money was all I live for. I never really cared.I saw on television on CNN AND BBC NEWS THIS MORNING in my hospital bed the orphans suffrering in indian and the Goverment did not care about them all they care is politice and election ,
I was moving with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over there, because i was also an orphans before i was addoted from one old man in russia mr ivan Zhirinovsky before i come somebody in life , i kept $US4,000,000.00 four Million in a long-term
deposit account in a Finance company. Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for esophagi

cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and

my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to orphanage/motherless home over there in india


thank you god bless you

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