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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: nagbe@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:30:29 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?DEAR=20FRIEND=2C?=

DEAR FRIEND,

DO NOT BE ANGRY OVER OUR SUDDEN CONTACT WITH YOU WITHOUT BEEN INFORMED,MY
MOTHER FOUND YOU 5 DAY AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, AND WHEN WE ARRIVED
IN ABIDJAN,
WE PRAYED TOGETHER AND ASKED GOD TO LEAD US WITH YOU AS A GOD SEND TO US,AND
ERE WE DECIDED TO REACH YOU TO INFORM YOU OF OUR ABILITY TO TRUST YOU .

I AM JOHN NAGBE FROM A CITIZEN OF LIBERIA AND MY MOTHER STELLA NAGBE.MY
FATHER BEFORE HIS DEATH WAS A VERY GOOD GOVERNMENTAL CONTRACTOR DRING THE
REGIMA OF THE ASYLUM PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT CHARLYS TAYLOR.MY LATE FATHER,HAS
DONE SO MANY CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMEN?T THAT FETCHED HIM AMUCH MONEY,BUT
DUE TO THE REBEL ATTACK OVER POWER IN LIBERIA,HE WAD KILLED, BUT BEFORE
HIS DEATH HE TOLD MY MOTHER OF SOME FUNDS HE DEPOSITED IN ABIDJAN. BEFORE
HIS UNTIMELY DEATH HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $15.5MILLION DOLLARS FOR FORIEGN
INVESTMENT IN BANK ABIDJAN COTE D IVOIRE.THIS FUND IS WHAT I AM CONTACTING
YOU TO HELP ME TO TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBERIA
HAS SIEZED OUR ACCOUNT BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL. RIGHT NOW ME AND MY
MOTHER ARE IN REFUGEE CAMP IN ABIDJAN WITH THE DEPOSITE CERTIFICATE AND
AGREEMENT THE BANK GAVE TO MY LATE FATHER ON THE DAY HE MADE THE DEPOSIT.

THIS IS ALL WE HAVE FOR NOW SINCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS SIZED EVERY THING THAT
LIFT BY MY LATE FATHER AND ALL WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO STAND AS OUR FORIEGN
BUSINESS PARTNER SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WHILE
WE JOIN YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY TO START A NEW LIFE. WE WILL GIVE ALL DETIALS
AS SOON AS WE HEAR FROM YOU.
THANKS AND REMAIN BLESS



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