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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: Martins Faro <miraj@vianet.com.np>
Reply-To: mfaro133@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 01:09:09 +0545
Subject: partnership



--
I am Mr. Martins Faro.

Address: 55 High Lands North, Cape Town South Africa,

TEL+ 27-630339952

Please permit me to introduce to you a business deal which will be of
high
Interest between both of us.

My Name is Mr. Martins Faro, I am an attorney based in South Africa. I
have
fund worth US$ 21.5 Million (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred United
States
Dollars)belonging to Late Libyan Prime Minister Muammar Muhammad Abu
Minyar
al-Gaddafi which I helped him to deposit in one of the security Company
here in South Africa before his death on 20th October 2011.The fund was
meant to buy a hotel here in South Africa, before the war started in his
country which lead to his death. I was thinking on how to use the money
for
investment since after his death no one has come to claim the fund
before a
friend of mine introduced me on a business directory where I get your
e-mail.

I want you to help me receive this fund in your country for an
investment,
I will offer you 25% while 70% will be for me and 5% will be used for
expenses.
The details will be mailed to you upon your response and I will provide
to
you all the paper work needed to back the claim up as it is 100% risk
free.

Kindly mail me on this email if you are interested:
mfaro@executivemail.co.za or call me on my direct number: + 27-630339952
for more details.

Best Regards,

Mr.Martins Faro.

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