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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 L.Cruz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrclaudios@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:59:54 +0200
Subject: Re:Reply For Details

Good Day Dear
 
Please accept my apology for taking your precious time to read my mail.
Am Mrs Lizzy Hernandez Cruz, Single mother of two children, am working with Banking firm here in Spain, at exchange unit,i have legit business proposal worth millions of dollars for you,
 
As an experience banker,be comfortable with my business proposal, as i will offer my services as an efficient and experienced Banker to guide you of how it will be handle.
 
I know you will be capable of handling this business proposal and that is the simple reason i contacted you.
 
If you are interested, reply me to enable me furnish you with more details of my business proposal. (barrclaudios@aol.com)
 
I hope to hear from you in no distant time through mail.
Thanks for reading.
 
 
Yours
 
Mrs Lizzy Hernandez Cruz

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