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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: jida james <james.jida6@aol.de>
Reply-To: jidajames@voila.fr
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:45:26 GMT
Subject: URGENTLY READ AND GET BACK TO ME




Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Jida james, I am the manager foreign remittance department of Bank in Burkina Faso West Africa. I have a business proposal in the tune of ($10.5 Million United States Dollar only) after the successful transfer;We shall share the fund in ratio of 50% for you and 50% for me.

Please if you are interested,So we can commence all arrangements,And I will Give you more information on how we would handle This project. Please treat this business with utmost Confidentiality and send me the Following information's below to enable us commence immediately:

(1) Full names ................

(2) Private phone number ....................

(3) Current residential address ............

4) Occupation ....................

(5) Age and Sex ..................

(6) country ................................

(7) your passport ......................

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL: jidajames@voila.fr

Best Regards,

Mr.Jida james

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