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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: taylor_nicholas203@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 03:00:30 +0100
Subject: investment offer

ATTN,


I want to inform you that am fully interested in transacting business
in
your country.My name is Nicholas Taylor a resident in Monrovia the
capital
city of Liberia,Due to the civil war going on in my currently
presently
i wish to buy properties
eg, [THREE HOUSES] urgently so that i may relocate my entire family
out
of the war torn country.
I will want you to give me more information of some properties and
some
areas in which i can invest some of this money.I hope to hear from you
as
soon as possible via my personal e-mail address:taylor_nicholas201@tiscali.co.uk
Thanks for your co operation.
Nicholas Taylor.




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