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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mohammed Abacha." <mohammed99@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:58:29 -0800
Subject: REPLY..

Mohammed Abacha.
% NAME: KOLA WILLIAMS (BARRISTER)
TEL:234-1-7760995
MOBILE:234-8023535508
E-mail: lawrence@lawrencefarms.com


Attn: Dear Sir

I am Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late president of Nigeria, i
was falsely acussed of murder and as such was imprisoned, but thanks to
Allah,i have been released for my innosence. Well dear friend i need your
assistance in transfering some of my money into your account, because the
government is making plans to seize them, as they did to my fathers
own.Please view these site and read it's content carefully,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_741000/741506.stm
The ammount is $12 million in a Security Abroad. All that is needed is
for me to instruct the company to transfer the funds to your account,
i will renumerate you with 20% at the end, but most of all is that i
solicit
your trust in this transaction. I have been confined only to Kano and all
my calls are monitored,So i will get my private attorney to get you the
needed informations.

Best Regards
Mohammed Abacha

NB. Kindly contact my attorney on his personal/direct telephone and
fax numbers or you can as well contact him via e-mail.

Note: i got your contact form Germany Business Diretory











































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