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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: jardin.paix@comorestelecom.km
Reply-To: mariasankor12@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:28:10 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Hello




Dobrý den,
to dej mi velkým potěšením vás jsem byl prohlíží, když jsem
přišel napsat
celé vaší pošty a já osvobodit vás kontaktovat, budu velmi rád, že v
komunikaci s vámi, pokud budete mít touhu se mnou tak, že se můžeme
dostat vzájemně poznat a vidět, co se stalo v budoucnu. Budu
velmi rád, pokud mi můžete napsat zpět, abych vám říct více
o mé vlastní, a dá vám můj obrázek pro dobrý začátek. bude
čekat slyšet od you.have hezký den.
tvoje ujít Maria



Hello,
it give me a great pleasure to write you i was browsing when i came
across your mail and i free to contact you ,i will be very happy to be in
communication with you if you will have the desire with me so that we can
get to know each other and see what happened in future. i will be very
happy if you can write me back for me to tell you more about my self and
give you my picture for a good start. will be waiting to hear from
you.have a nice day.
yours miss Maria
This my private email mariasankor12@hotmail.com

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