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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: "Mohammed yaya" <mohammedyaya2004@walla.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 04:57:46 +0100
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR MOHAMMED YAYA


FROM THE DESK OF MR MOHAMMED YAYA
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA.
LOME TOGO

Hello,

I got your address via the internet. I have a proposal
for you this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honour against your will.
I am 49, and had worked with a bank (one of the
African leading banks in the West Coast).Here in this
bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years
which belong to a Syria national who is now late.
After discussing my view and your profile with my
colleagues,they were very much satisfied and decided
to contact you immediately for this mutual business
relationship .
When we discovered that there had been no deposits nor
withdrawals from this account for this long period, I
and my two other colleagues decided to carry out a
system investigation and discovered that non of the
family member nor relations of the late Syrian is
aware of this account. This is the story in a
nutshell. Now we want an account overseas where we can
transfer this funds for high yield investment programe
in your country.
Thereafter, we had planned to destroy all related
documents for this account. It is a careful network
and for the past eleven months we have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.
The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all
the accumulated interest the balance in this account
stands at-US$9.5 million US dollars. Now our questions
are:
-1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can we give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? Consider this and get
back at us as soon as possible. Finally, it is our
humble prayer that the information as contained herein
be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well
as the secrecy it deserves.
We Expect your urgent response if you can handle this
project.contact me at this direct mail addreess for confirmation.

Respectfully yours,
Mr.Mohamed Yaya






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