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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. Mansour Ayman" <hocineoua877@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Mansour Ayman" <mansour.mrayman01@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:58:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: NOTE: THIS TRANSACTION IS STRICLY AND CONFIDENTIAL.


My Dear,  I have a proposal for you, this however is notmandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor the content against yourwill. I am Mr.Ayman Mansour; I work with a bank (one of the leading banks inAfrica). Here in this bank exists a dormant account for the past 11years whichbelongs to an German national who is now late, by name Engineer Jeffrey Mirandathe account owner an engineer who owns a Miranda's Construction Company SarlSte Import and export, his wife and two children and his wife's parents werealso among the victims in a plane crash of airlines flight number AF4590 whichcrashed on 31st July, 2013.  When I discovered that there had been nodeposits or withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided tocarry out a system investigation and discovered that none of the family membersor relations of the late person is aware of this account. Now I want an accountoverseas where the bank will transfer this fund.  Thereafter, I will destroy all relateddocuments to this account. It is a careful network and for the past elevenmonths I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. Theamount plus all the accumulated interest is (Us$6.2m)( Six million two hundredthousand u.s dollars.).  As I intend giving you 40% of the total amountConsider these and get back to me as soon as possible with your full names,private telephone, Mobile and fax numbers, corresponding postal address, etc.Finally, it is my humble request that the information as contained herein beaccorded with every confidentiality and the necessary secrecy it deserves Iexpect your urgent response.  Please reply with the assurance, come up withthe information's showed below:-  1) YOUR FULL NAME............. 2) YOUR AGE..................... 3) YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER....... 4) YOUR OCCUPATION..............  NOTE: THIS TRANSACTION IS STRICLY ANDCONFIDENTIAL. Best Regards, Mr.Ayman Mansour.

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