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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: "DR.HARRIET REMA" <adesinadr@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drharretrema3@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:21:08 +0000
Subject: GREETINGS FROM DR.HARRIET REMA

Greetings,

I am Dr.Harriet Rema,a Banker and credit system programmer (HSBC
bank). I saw your email address while browsing through the bank DTC
Screen in my office yesterday so I decided to use this very chance to
know you. I believe we should use every opportunity to know each other
better. However, I am contacting you for obvious reason which you will
understand.

I am sending this mail just to know if this email address is OK, reply
me back so that I will send more details to you. I have a very
important thing to discuss with you, I look forward to receiving your
response at (drharretrema1@outlook.com). Have a pleasant day.

Dr.Harriet Rema.

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