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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: Delphine Ab <b_9inah@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Delphine Ab <delphineabass@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 01:02:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: god dag


Jag ber om ursäkt för min inkräkta till din e-post, jag är Delphine en dam på 22 år gammal, jag behöver verkligen din assistent att flytta till dig i ditt land och överföra min arvedel till ett bankkonto som du kan ge, så att jag kan komma över till dig, fortsätta min utbildning, kommer du ställa in en investering för mig med detta mitt ärvda pengar, så att jag kan vara att leva fredligt i ditt land. Det belopp som skall överföras är United State of America Dollar Tio miljoner femhundratusen
Jag ärvde dessa pengar från min far som har dött nu, det var folk som förgiftade och dödade min far, är detta vad han sa till mig före sin död och min mor hade dött när jag var ett barn, jag är det enda barnet av min förälder .
Om redo att hjälpa från detta problem, komma tillbaka till mig för mer information om min avsikt att förklaras. 20% ska bli din, om du hjälpa mig med framgång
Tack på förhand
Delphine


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I sincerely apologize for my intrude to your email, I am Delphine a lady of 22 years old , I really need your assistant to relocate to you in your country  and transferring of my inheritance into a bank account that you can provide , So that i can come over to you , continue my education , you will set up an investment for me with this my inherited money ,so that i can be living peacefully in your country. The amount to be transfer is United State of America Dollar Ten million Five Hundred Thousand
I inherited this money from my father who has died now , It was people that poisoned and killed my father , This is what he told  me before his death and my mother had died  when i was a baby , i am the only child of my parent .
If ready to assist from this trouble  , Get back to me for more details of my intention to be explained. 20% shall be yours, if you help me out successfully
Thanks in advance
Delphine

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