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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: Margaret Chou <margaretchou@accountant.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 09:06:43 +0530 (IST)
Subject: HELLO


Hi dear friend

I'M Margaret Chou.looking forward to get a nice friend.I will like to establish mutual Business friendship with you.i am sorry that i did not say much about myself because is confidential.please write to me so that we can move from there I will introduce myself better .my private e-mail address is
( margaretchou@accountant.com )

margaretchou@accountant.com

Thanks and regards.

Yours.MARGARET CHOU.

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