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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: josephine Bayala <jose1phine10a@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jose1phene1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 21:00:28 +0200
Subject: Nice to meet you

Hello dear,

How are you ? I guess you are fine and living good. my name is Josephine, i
am a simple young girl looking for someone to share my life with,i'm
interesting to know you and establish a relationship with you. I wanna be
your friend for first friendship cannot be seen or even be touched, it must
be felt within the heart. Hoping you feel just the way i do. Wow! friends
are like clothes without them you feel naked!I guess am right. I will tell
you more about me, my family and all that maybe necessary in this
relationship, If this is okay by you feel free to contact me as to enable
us get to know each other better with this email address;(
*jose1phene1@gmail.com
<jose1phene1@gmail.com>* ) Have a wonderful day with lot of happiness.

Best Regards
Josephine

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