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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: "HELLO BROS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bgee3130@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:20:05 +0800
Subject: HELLO BROS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER MQMWSOLUOY

This is HTML source of message you composed. Do not modify here. To modify this message press HTML Messages Editor button.
Hello broda..my name is Steve and we can work together. I dey get personal
and company account for HK, China, India, Thailand and Malaysia both company and
personal account, I dey also pick up westy too.
 
Make we share the owo na online here good contacts dey come from. Also i dey work normal maye jobs incase you
get old jobs too. you can contact me through my email: bgee3130@gmail.com
 
One love
Steve from China
bgee3130@gmail.com
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