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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: "Chhay Dara" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chhay.dara@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:36:00 +0700
Subject: HELLO DEAR FRIEND

Greeting,

I am working in financial firm in Asia contacting you for a good deal to transfer sum of USD49,000,000.00.

You shall represent as a next of kin to my late client who died in Tsunami of 2004 in Asia.You can read on this link for more information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami

If you are interested should write to me for more details . You may find my mail in your sperm, bulk, junk should understand it's real and genuine, sometimes strength of network divert to arrive in your inbox.


Anticipating to hear from you for more details.


Regards,
Chhay Dara

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