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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:

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"Richard told me--" He falters. "I mean, I have heard of this-- don't mind
me for a moment, I will speak presently."

He turns away and stands for a while looking out at the covered passage.
When he comes back, he has recovered his composure, except that he contends
against an avoidance of the boy, which is so very remarkable that it absorbs
the woman's attention.

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And Charley said again, "No, miss, nor I can't help it." And so, after all,
I did cry for joy indeed, and so did she.
As soon as Richard and I had held the conversation of which I have given an
account, Richard communicated the state of his mind to Mr. Jarndyce. I doubt
if my guardian were altogether taken by surprise when he received the
representation, though it caused him much uneasiness and disappointment. He
and Richard were often closeted together, late at night and early in the
morning, and passed whole days in London, and had innumerable appointments
with Mr. Kenge, and laboured through a quantity of disagreeable business.
While they were thus employed, my guardian, though he underwent considerable
inconvenience from the state of the wind and rubbed his head so constantly
that not a single hair upon it ever rested in its right place, was as genial
with Ada and me as at any other time, but maintained a steady reserve on
these matters. And as our utmost endeavours could only elicit from Richard
himself sweeping assurances that everything was going on capitally and that
it really was all right at last, our anxiety was not much relieved by him.

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