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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: MA GUANG LU <pgomez@ipostel.gob.ve>
Reply-To: MA GUANG LU <maguanglu256@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 17:32:33 -0430 (VET)
Subject: BUSINESS OFFER (EARN 30% COMMISSION)

BANK OF CHINA
Address : No.448, West Heping Road,(Head Office)
SHIJIAZHUANG.CHINA
Zip/Postal code : 050072
Email :maguanglu256@qq.com

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. MA GUANG LU, I am a staff of Bank of China,Am looking for a sincere person to carry out a mutual transaction that might interest you,Late Ghazi Musa Hassan a client of ours deposited a sum of $43,370,000,Before his demisal leaving no information of a next of kin in any paper work linked to the account,I want you to stand as foreigner to enable the transfer of this fund into your account,I want to assure you that all is well planned as we shall do this inline with all legal and banking requirements.If interested please get back to me.

Warm Regards,
Ma Guang Lu

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