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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: "Mrs.Teresa Vitale" <teresa.vitale@yandex.com>
Reply-To: mrs.teresa_vitale@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:01:05 +0800
Subject: My Beloved


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Hello Beloved

My name is Mrs.Teresa Vitale,a citizen of United States of America.I
saw your profile and I decided to contact you of My desire and purpose
for you to promote humanitarian works.I have funds worth Four Million
US dollars ($4,000,000.00) which i intend to use for CHARITY.I have
never doubt my instinct as it has never failed me, even as it has
directed me to you at this point in time so do not be afraid.


I am writing this mail to you with heavy sorrow in my heart, It is
painful to let you know that I have been suffering from a Heart
disease and my Doctor told me that I won't survive the illness.I write
you now because I don?t have any other option than to tell you as i
was touched to open up to you about my project. Please reply me back
to my email if you are interested, so I can provide you with further
details.

Stay Blessed

Email: mrs.teresa_vitale@yahoo.com

Mrs.Teresa Vitale





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