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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: OBASEKI.JAME@epost.de
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:57:48 -0800
Subject: REPLY FOR WE TO PROCEED.


DEAR SIR,


HOW ARE YOU TODAY SIR? I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
HAPPY NEW YEAR. BY INTRODUCTION, I AM MR FERRUCIO PETER
LAUGER, I AM A ITALIAN IN NATIONALITY WHO LEAVE AND
WORKING IN NIGERIA. I HAVE A COMPANY CALLED MUSMINI
DIGNINO ELECTRICAL COMPANY IN MY COUNTRY ITALY. ALL
THOUGH YOU DON'T KNOW ME AND I DONT KNOW YOU BUT I
FULLY BELIEVE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS GOING TO BRING YOU
AND MY FAMILY TO EVERLASTING RELATIONSHIP. IN THE
COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA CALLED CAKASA NIGERIA LIMITED
COMPANY.

I AM THE CHIEF ACCOUNT OF THE WHOLE DEPT HERE
IN NIGERIA. MY BOSS HERE AND I MANAGING TO MOVE SOME
MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR OUR OWN INVESTMENT. MY
BOSS AND I DEPOSITED THIS MONEY IN A DEPLOMATIC TAG IN
HOLLAND SO WE ARE LOOK FOR A VERY TRUST WORTHY
SOMEBODY THAT WILL BE OF HELP TO US TO GO TO HOLLAND
WITH ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS OF THE MONEY AND SIGH
IT OUT AND TRANSFER IT TO A VERY GOOD ACCOUNT. WE CAN
NOT MOVE HERE DUE TO THE NATURE OF OUR WORK FOR THEM
NOT TO SUSPECT US.

I HAVE AGREED WITH MY BOSS TO GIVE
YOU 10% OUT OF &9.3 MILLION US DOLLARS CASH WE
DEPOSITED WITH THE COMPANY IN HOLLAND. IF YOU ARE
READY PLEASE TRY AND GET BACK TO ME FOR WE TO GIVE YOU
THE CONTACT OF THE COMPANY FOR YOU TO CONTACT THEM.
IMMEDIATELY I SCAN MY PASSPORT, I WILL SEND IT TO YOU
FOR VERIFICATION. IN YOUR REPLY TO ME, SEND YOUR PHONE
AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION
LOOKING FORWARD IN DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU. MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS IS
:ferrucio_p@yahoo.ie
SO YOU ARE TO BE SENDING EMAIL IN ANY OTHE THE ABOVE EMAIL
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR FERRUCIO LAUGER




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