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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: "Mrs. Serita Miner" <emmarobot11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: seritaminer@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 02:10:05 -0800
Subject: Greetings from Mrs. Serita Miner

Greetings from Mrs. Serita Miner
I`m Mrs. Serita Miner, 63yrs old from United Kingdom, But live in
Ghana affected with

cancer of the breast. My condition is really deteriorating and is
quite obvious that I may

not live more than 2 weeks, because the cancer stage has gotten its
3rd stage. After my Doc

Notice, I have decided to divide part of my fortune, by contributing
to the Charities &

Motherless. I am willing to donate the sum of (US$3.5M) (Three
Million, Five hundred

Thousand United States Dollars) to the poor through you. Can you help
me? I need is from

you please
Full name: ___________________________
Full Address: _________________________
Nationality: ____________________
Mobile Number: ____________________
E-mail address: _______________________
Occupation: __________________________
Country _______________________
Contact me on my email: (seritaminer22@gmail.com or seritaminer@yahoo.com )

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