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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: "BAR. UGWA JONES" <ugwajones9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ugwajones@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:13:05 -0800
Subject: DEAR FRIEND




Barr. UGWA JONESLegal PractitionersSolicitors At LawNo: 10 Uzor Street, Apapa,DEAR FRIEND,Your name and e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm, (Jones Chambers & Associates) in Lagos,Nigeria.I am Barrister Ugwa Jones, the Legal Adviser and counsel to a deceased expatriate contractor who used to work with Zenith Oil and Gas Company here in Nigeria thereafter shall be referred as my late client.On the December 26th 2003,my client and his entire family died in a plane crash in cotonou,Benin Republic. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this web site:Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/He was a well known philanthropist before he died,he made a Will stating that $20.5m (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars Only)should be donated to any philanthropist of our choice overseas.We have made a random draw where your name and e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this money from the bank, because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as to law here.It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client in your favour and therefore, you are required to contact me immediately to start the process of sending this money to any or your designated official account.I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit.Information needed are:YOUR FULL NAME.............................................TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................................OCCUPATION.................................................AGE........................................................SEX........................................................Get back to me immediately.Remain BlessedBAR. UGWA JONES
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