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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: "MY ACCOUNT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alison.mezzanine@post.cz>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 10:22:16 +0100
Subject: CONTACT CODE//{#hospital )

Hello

My Name is Miss Alison D. Mezzanine a Lithuanian by nationality. I am writing from the hospital in Benin Du Republic, this mail is very urgent Because don't know what tomorrow will be. I was told by my doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver damaged and can only live for some months. I inherited some the sum of ($19.750,000,00) from my late father Professor Zigmas Zinkevicius the former Ministers of Education and a full member of the Republic of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, I can not think of anybody trying to kill me apart from my stepmother in order to inherit the money, she is an Indian by nationality,

Please email me now if you are willing to help me. I will direct You to whom you will contact and help me Receive These money in your country to help the poor. i will compensate you for your help to me. Please don't Ignore this email if it comes to your spam folder. I sent it to 7 email contacts i got online with different countries. Whoever is willing to help will be Rewarded accordingly .

Miss Alison D.Mezzanine.
MY Direct Email:::< maduekealison.diezani@gmail.com >
Office Email:::< alison.mezzanine@post.cz >

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