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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: jessica sabastian <jessica.sabastian13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jessica sabastian <jessica.sabastian@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:10:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear


Hello Dear,
I'm Miss  Anita Desmond from Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory
Coast). I am 21 years old girl an orphan, as a result of death I have
no parents ,

I need your assistant in transfering to your bank
account my
inheritance and relocation to you in your country ,I inherited five
million, five hundred thousand united states dollar
($5..500,000.00USDollars) from my father,Which he deposited in one of
the major bank here in Abidjan, At the time of deposit my name was
written in
the bank document as next of kin
Secondly, If you are ready to work
with me and help me out,kindly indicate your interest by reply back to
me, so I will provide the necessary information and details on how
to proceed, I will give you 20% of the money for helping me out

May God bless you for your immediate attention.Contact me for more detail and explanation
,so that we can proceed
My best and Lovely Regards to you and your family,

Thanks
anita

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