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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: "Richard Lampman" <rickilamp2@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: rickilamp2000@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:36:38 +0100
Subject: Hello.

PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
EMAIL ADDRESS AT rickilamp2000@netscape.net, THIS IS THE
ONLY WAY I WILL BE ABLE TO GET YOUR RESPONSE. THANK YOU.

DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MR. RICHARD LAMPMAN . ALL I HAVE MAY BE OF
INTEREST TO YOU,IS A BUSINESS PROPOSAL THAT WILL
BENEFIT YOU. I LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN CANADA.I AM 53
YEARS OLD,I HAVE WORKED FOR A BANK IN SASKATCHEWAN FOR 15
YEARS WHERE I AM AN ACCOUNTS MANAGER AND I WILL GIVE
YOU MY FULL DETAILS ON THE REPLY OF THIS LETTER.THE
MAIN REASON I AM WRITING TO YOU IS BASED ON AN ACCOUNT
OF US$26M(TWENTY SIX MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS) WHICH HAS
BEEN LYING DORMANT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS,IT WAS
OWNED BY THE LATE MRS JOCELYNE BENOIT. DUE TO MY
INVESTIGATIONS I FOUND OUT SHE DIED ON 25 SEPTEMBER
2001 FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM AN AUTO CRASH IN
HERE IN CANADA WITH NO NEXT OF KIN. I WILL INFORM YOU MORE
ON
HOW TO GET THE ACCOUNT TRANSFERRED TO YOU.
ON YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL PERSONAL DETAILS OF ME
AND
THE TRANSACTION. I WILL LIKE YOU TO PUT IN MIND THAT
THIS PROJECT IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK FREE. ALSO HAVE IT
IN MIND THAT YOUR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION IS OF NO
IMPORTANCE TO HELPING IN THIS IMPENDING TRANSACTION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR. RICHARD LAMPMAN



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