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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: Don Akachukwu <don_akachukwu@yourmailnow.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:38:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR REPLY PLEASE

Dear Friend,

I will like to solicit your help in a business proposition, which is by
nature very confidential and a Top Secret. THE PROPOSITION; A foreigner who was an oil merchant and contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death onboard the ill fated Kenyan Airways bus {A310300}was our customer at the HALLMARK BANK PLC, LAGOS and had a deposit of US$7.5million(Seven Million , five hundred thousand dollars) which the bank now expects his next of kin to claim as the beneficiary.

We have made valuable efforts to get his people to no avail as he had no known relatives,due to this development our management and our board of directors are making arrangements for the funds to be declared unclaimed and subsequently paid into the federal government purse and to avert this negative development me and my colleagues have decided to look for a reputable person to act as the next of kin to the deceased so that the funds will be released and paid into your account and this is where you come in.

All documents to aid your claim will be provided by me and my colleagues and for your help you will be getting a percentage of the total sum . Please be assured that this transaction is risk free and we will need your fax number and phone number for more communication .

Please reply immediately at don_akachukwu100@yahoo.com or the above email .

Don Akachukwu




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