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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: "Miss Judith Irene" <judith.irene@gtanet.com.br>
Reply-To: westun2@msn.com
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 00:15:32 -0300
Subject: FROM MISS JUDITH IRENE




Dearest,

I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. My name
is Miss. Judith Irene, 25yrs old female and I held from Kenya. My father
was the former Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of Home
Affairs Lorna Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was headed to
Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong'a, in western Kenya.
The plane crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June, 2008. You can read more about
the crash through the below site:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html

Reply to my private e-mail address:( westun2@msn.com )
Sincerely yours,
Miss Judith Irene

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