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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. Grace Rosefield" <susannanah04@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <mrsgracerose200@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:57:58 +0000
Subject: hi dear




Att:My friend
I am Mrs. Grace Rosefield, a British medical director attaches to the former President of Ukraine, during one of his oil businesses with the West, which I helped him
then to coordinate, I made the sum of US$10,500,000.00 and moved it through the back door to an escrow account with Bank of England.
I am contacting you now to help me receive the funds in your country for investment, where I will give you 45%, while 50% for myself and 5% to any charity of your
choice. But you have to keep this project secret and private to yourself, and please get back to me with your details, so that I will inform you what to do next.
Waiting to hear from you,Mrs. Grace Rosefield

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