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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: beatricedavid2000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:00:30 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?VERY=20URGENT=2E?=

NO 5 G R A COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC AFRICA.
FROM BEATRICE AND DAVID.
DEAR FRIEND,
AM BEATRICE THE DAUGHTER OF LATE SIR BASHORU MUSTAPHA
FROM LIBERIA BUT LIVING IN COTONOU.MY FATHER DIED
TRYING TO PROTECT HIS DIGNITY AS A MAN HE NEVER WANT TO
LOOSE EVERYTHING HE HAS LABOURED FOR YEARS.HIS DEATH
WAS SHOCKED, IT BRINGS PAIN TO ME AND MY BROTHER DAVID,
MAY BE, THAT IS HOW DESTINY IS BEING FIXED.
AS IT MAY CONCERNS YOU TO ASIST US IN LIFE?YOU WILL
NEVER BE FORGOTON BY GOD.THERE IS SOME AMOUNT OF
MONEY BEING DEPOSITED BY MY FATHER BEFORE HIS DEATH,I
NEED YOUR ASISTANCE TO HELP US TRANSFER THE SAID FUND TO
YOUR ACCOUNT AS EVERY INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED IS
WITH ME AND OUR LAWER .
IF ONLY YOU CAN ASIST US YOU STILL HAVE VERY THINGS TO
GAIN FIRST GOD WILL BLESS YOU IN YOUR EFFORT TO SUSTAIN
THE NEEDY.PLEASE IT IS VERY CONFIDENTIAL AS MATTER OF
FACT OUR LIFE LIES IN THIS MONEY,AS I PROMIS MY FATHER
THAT I WILL SEE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO MY BROTHER AND
I.AS IT PLEASES YOU TO ASIST US I WILL OFFER YOU 20% OUT OF
THE SAID FUND.AM JUST FIRST YEAR STUDENT IN UNIVERSITY OF
BENIN REPUBLIC OF AFRICA.BUT I STOPED SCHOOL FOR NOW
CAUSE NO MEANS OF FORWARDING MY EDUCATION TILL THIS
PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
AM 20YEARS OLD AND MY BROTHER16 YEARS TOO.PLEASE CAN
YOUR COUNTRY BE CONDUCIEVE FOR US?CAN YOUR FAMILY
ACCEPT US AS ONE OF YOUR FAMILY?CAN YOU PROMISE ME
THAT AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS PROJECT THAT YOU WILL
ESTABLISH A BUSINESS WITH MY NAME AND MY BROTHER AND
YOU WILL BE MANAGING IT UNTIL WE FINISH OUR
SCHOOL?.PLEASE DONT BE OFENDED BY MY WORDS BECAUSE
MY FATHER USE TO TELL ME THEN THAT IT IS GOOD TO ACQUIRE
EDUCATION FIRST BEFOR ANYTHING AND THAT I SHOULD TRUST
AMEAN I SHOULD TRUST ANYTHING I CALLED BUSINESS AND
FACE IT THAT I WILL NEVER LOOSE.BUT I SHOULD NOT GIVE ALL
MY TRUST TO LAWERS THAT IS WHY HE KEPT SOME SECRET
DUCUMENTS WITH ME.
IF IT INTEREST YOU TO ASIST US THEN I AWAIT FOR YOUR
POSITIVE REPLY IN WHICH I WILL FOWARD TO YOU OUR LAWER'S
CONTACT FOR MOR INFORMATION AND ORIENTATION ABOUT
THE PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE SAID TO
YOU.THIS VERY LITTLE WORD OF ME.HOPEING THAT YOUR
ASISTANCE WILL YEILD A BETTER TOMORROW.
LOOKING FOWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU
THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU
BEATRICE MUSTAPHA,
FOR THE FAMILY.




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