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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: "mxmofa" <test@qpay.com.np>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 21:06:22 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
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   咋跑到这么高的地方去洗澡了

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数盲就顺着这种关系找到了我，让我挨鞭子

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“蕙表妹年纪并不大，我记得今年也不过二十岁，”觉新压住心里感情的激荡，故意用平淡的声音说

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我跟你学英文，常常因为心情不好，打不起精神，总没有好好地温习过

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