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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: "juan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <juan_1@outlook.com.au>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:34:10 +0800
Subject: VERY GOOD DEAL


Hi........Friend,


Please do accept my apologies I do not wish to invade into your privacy, I had written an earlier mail to you but without response: I got your email account while searching for a business oriented personality and a honest one. Good day to you I am Mr.Juan Rodriguez pls i have a very important and serious profitable business to discuss with you if you are interested kindly get back to me and provide your fullname: Age: and your Nationality: for further details i can assure you this is legit legal and risk free venture.I am waiting for your urgent reply so that we will starts immediately. Sorry if you received this letter in your spam,Due to recent connection error here in this country. be informed this is risk free.


Thanks i waiting your email to me
Mr.Juan Rodriguez

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