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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: hugovia456@outlook.fr
Reply-To: oliviahugo66@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 04:02:31 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello dear,


Hello dear,

My name is Ms.Olivia Hugo a 27years old female single Canadian,Please I need your kind  and urgent assistance to build a sincere and honest relationship,It has been brought to my attention that you are a strong investor in international businesses.

Meanwhile,I wish to inquire of your services to be my foreign partner /investor and  support me to transfer and  manage my funds by investing in profit making ventures like  buying of company shares,Real Estate Investment Trust funds, Gold or Agriculture in your country,I  have a reasonable sum that I inherited from my late parent,which I would like you to help me invest it in your  country.

I will send to you my personal pictures,my Canadian international passport and also other documents relating to the fund once I hear from you for you to know that you are dealing with a genuine person and 100% legal.

Anticipating to hear from you urgently for more details.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms.Olivia Hugo

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