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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: raheemtafiq@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 05:08:28 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?waiting=20=20for=20=20your=20=20reply?=

please send all replies to raheemtafiq@jumpy.it

DEAR SIR,

MY NAME IS RAHEEM TAFIQ.I AM 65 YEARS OLD MAN.I AM FROM BRUNEI
.I OWNED TWO BUSINESSES IN DUBAI.I WAS MARRIED WITH TWO
CHILDREN.MY WIFE AND MY TWO CHILDREN DIED IN AMERICA DURING THE 11TH SEPTEMBER
ATTACK
WHEN THEY WENT FOR HOLIDAYS THREE YEARS AGO.

EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN HELPING THE ORPHANS IN THE ORPHANAGE/MOTHERLESS

HOME.I HAVE DONATED SOME MONEY TO THE ORPHANS IN
SIERRA-LEONE,SUDAN,SOUTHAFRICA,CAMEROON, BRAZIL AND CAMBODIA
.BEFORE I BECAME
ILL,I DEPOSITED SOME MONEY, TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN A BANK IN EUROPE.

PRESENTLY, I AM IN A HOSPITAL. MY DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT I HAVE CANCER OF

THE LUNGS THAT I HAVE FEW MONTHS TO LIVE.

PLEASE,I BEG YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD TO HELP ME RECEIVE THE MONEY FROM
THE
BANK. YOU WILL NOW HELP ME TO TAKE THE
MONEY(TWELVE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) TO ANY ORPHANANAGE HOME
CLOSE TO YOU.

I AM OFFERING YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM OF TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS 5% IS FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURED BY YOU. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE
YOUR REPLY, I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO MY ATTORNEY WHO IS IN LONDON AND HE
WILL GIVE YOU DETAILS.

MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

REGARDS.





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