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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: "Miss Anna Julia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <missjanna1616@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 09:33:05 +0200
Subject: AM Miss Anna Julia 26years old.... Crying for help Call me......PLEASE..

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
I am Miss Anna Julia 26years old. My father was a very wealthy oil
merchant in Africa. MY father was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their outings on a business trip to London UK. He
left the sum of Twenty Three Million Sixty-Five Thousand United State
Dollars in a fixed/suspense account for me.
 
Note that you are to contact me directly at my private email address
stated below or you can call me on my mobile phone for more details
about it.
 
Thanks and God bless.
Private Email: missjuliaanna26@gmail.com
Telephone: +2347013443646
Miss Anna Julia

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