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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 DAVID SMITH <hugo.torti@unicit.cl>
Reply-To: MR DAVID SMITH <davidsmth.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 04:22:49 +0400 (GMT+04:00)
Subject: HELLO

Dear Sir/Madam,

My Name is Mr. Smith David am a mutual funds manager with Nat West Bank PLC London, am under contract with them as a financial auditor. In case you don’t know much about Mutual funds see http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mutualfund.asp



I am contacting you because of your line of business and the rate of economic growth in your country, the mutual funds under my care has no immediate investment plan by our bank, and I have being commissioned to multiply this fund by loans, bank guarantee and letter of credit to facilitate a good business transaction at a low Interest rate.



If you have a very good business transaction, it will determine if you’re qualified to get financed or not. Get back to me today; this is my Direct mobile number +447024089207, copy a reply to isodavid2@rocketmail.com it’s synchronized to my black berry.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. David Smith

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