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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: Miss Marie Liu <heretdfffg@outlook.com>
Reply-To: missmarieliu@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:12:32 +0000
Subject: Please be my Partner I am Miss Marie Liu single 28years woman,



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Hello I want to partner with you,

Please be my Partner I am Miss Marie Liu single 28years woman, I came
across your contact address while searching for someone to help me, I
lost my parents and want you to stand as my foreign trustee to retrieve
and invest €12.400,000.00 EURO which I inherited from my late parent. I
tried to get this money out from the bank , but the management refused
because of my age. I am ready to give you 25% of the whole money at the
completion of the transaction i have some money in my private account to
complete this transaction, Kindly indicate if you’re interested in
partnering with me to enable me give you more details. Please do bear
with me as I am trying to make this transaction well secured for us, you
should forward me your details as stated below which I will take it
down, before i have information of my late father Attorney to contact
you after going through your details to the bank.

Note: I have been scam so many times from my partners after confirming
the first payment they ran away, I believe you are different person. Let
me know if you are interested to be my partner for more details.
.
I’m waiting.
Regards, Miss. Marie Liu Qiao
Sincerely,
Beijing Hutong School Shanghai Hutong nr.
8 -Jiu Gulou Dajie 100009 Xicheng District Beijing China.

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