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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: "Mr Mohammed Abacha" <abachm@seeqmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abacham@seeqmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:50:28 +0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

Dear friend ,

I am mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late
president of nigeria, I was falsely accused of murder
and as such was imprisoned,but thanks to God, I have
been releasd for my innocence,well friend I need your
assistance in transferring some of my money into your
account,because the government is making plans to
seize them,as they did to my fathers own.

The amount is 25 million dollar in a secuirity and
finance company abroad.all that is needed is for me to
instruct the secuirity and finance company to transfer
the funds to your account,I will compensate you with
10% at the end of the transaction,but most of all is
that i solicit your trust in this transaction.I have
been confined to kano and all my calls are
monitored,so i will get my younger brother ISSA to get
you the needed information.
View this web site for more info

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_909000/
909972.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_877000/
877113.stm


Best Regards,

Mohammed Abacha.

Alt: mohammed-abacha@post.com



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