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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?iyke=20madu?= <iyke01madu@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:13:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: ASSISTANCE FOR HELP


NO 65 ROCKEY STREET,
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE NUMBER:-27-73-181-4872.
SIR/MADAM,


GREETINGS FROM ME TO YOU.I KNOW YOU DON'T
KNOW ME. BUT PLEASE CAN YOU BE OF ASSITANCES TO ME. I GOT YOU CONTACT ADRRESS FROM THE INTERNET TO SEE IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO TRANSFER OUR FAMILY MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.


MY NAME IS MR IYKE MADU (JNR). I AM FROM ZIMBABWE,
MY FATHER WAS KILLED DURING THE PRESIDENT ROBERT
MUGABE SIZING OF LANDS FROM THE FARMERS, MY FATHER WAS AMONG THE FARMERS THAT WERE KILLED, BUT BEFORE HE WAS KILLED HE WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA AND DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $15.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY.

NOW I AM IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH MY FAMILY. PLEASE I WILL STOP HERE, THEY IS NO NEED FOR TOO MANY STORY, I PROMISE YOU IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY I WILL BE GREATFULL. YOUR PENCENTAGE WILL BE MAPPED OUT. WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.

GOD BLESS YOU . IF YOU HAVE ANY BODY WHO CAN HELP, PLEASE. MY PHONE NUMBER IS ON TOP, SO PLEASE DO CALL ME. YOU CAN INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CALL YOU AS WELL.

YOURS FAITH FULLY,

MR IYKE MADU (JNR)


(FOR THE FAMILY)





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