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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: Mrs Fatima Usman Habilla <fatimausman_libyah07@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <fatimausman_libyah07@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:04:43 +0100
Subject: Very important massage for you with tears(Pls Read).


Dearest Beloved Friend,
I write you this mail with utmost sincerity,truth and with tears,hoping you will be of great help to me and my little daughter.I am Mrs.Fatima Usman Habilla , from Libya Arab Jamahiriya.
I am a 38yrs old woman living in a Cancer home in a far away country called Cotonou city,Benin Republic. I was married to Usman Habilla of blessed memory who worked with Libyan embassy in Benin Republic for Nine good years before he died of stroke in the year 27/03/2001.My condition in the home is crictically bad that my doctor said I don't have time left. I have an only daughter from my late hunsband, who is just in high school,withnobody to take care of her when I am gone.My hunsband have a running account fix deposit with an International Bank here in Benin Republic ECOBANK(Amounting 15million$USDollars).But due to my crictical ill health condition, the account have been dormant
for a long period of time and needs to be reactivated before funds can be withraw.I will have to get someone to manage the funds till my daughter comes ofgood age and maturity.You will be given all the legal rights toclaim the benefits and secure it for my little daughter miss Zainab Usman Habillawho is just 12yrs of age.I have no relatives to enstrust my late hunsband's wealth on,This is the reason why i am contacting you to help me secure the life of my littledaughter and my late hunsband's funds in the Bank.
As a proven and tested personality in your field.I believethat you can use your wealth of exprience to retrieve and manage the funds effectively and take good care of my little angel too.I will want to appoint you as a GUARDIAN to my little girl and giveyou the authority to claim the Deposit on my behalf as my late hunsband next of kin, until she reaches the speculated age of handling things by herself. Meanwhile, I do not want her to be too hasty about going into any otherthing than attending her lectures in school.I will send you more details when you write back to me as i await your respond urgently.Yours truly Beloved Friend,Mrs Fatima Usman Habilla.
Pls if you are really going to help me, write me back in the Email Address Below.fatimausman_libyah07@myway.com
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