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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: "MR.DAVID ALABI" <davealibb11@ciudad.com.ar> (may be fake)
Reply-To: davealabi@north.org
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:04:44 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS REQUEST

Mr. David Alabi
12 Alfred Rewane Rd. Ikoyi,
Lagos-Nigeria.
E-mail:davealabi@north.org


Dear Sir,

I am an Administrative Staff of Department Of Petroleum Resources and I represent a group that is interested in engaging your service as Manager for investment purposes of a large volume of fund.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me, so that we can work out the procedure for the execution of this transaction.

Please reach me via my e-mail address or fax and also indicate your private telephone number for easy communication.

Sincerely Yours,
Mr. David Alabi
Email:davealabi@north.org


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