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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: dupreebert@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 16:56:00 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WE=20CAN=20DO=20THIS?=

Greetings,

I am Dr. Albert Dupree of REUBEN GOLDERMEN
LAW-OFFICES. This mail is written and intended to
solicit your assistance to be presented as NEXT OF KIN
to my Late Client. My Deceased Client Richard Burson,
(77, Venice Isles, Florida, USA) who made a fixed
Deposit of Fund valued at USD72M (Seventy-two Million
United States Dollars Only) with a Security Firm in a
western European country and unfortunately lost his
life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed in to
the Atlantic Ocean on November 2nd,1999 and left no
clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital
documents related to the Deposit still with me.

The Governing Body of the BANK has contacted me on
this matter and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to
lay claims to the Fund. Under a clear and legitimate
agreement with you, I shall seek your consent to be
presented as the next of Kin so that my late Clients'
Fund will not be confiscated by the Security Firm. For
the sake of transparency on this matter, you are free
to make immediate contact with me through my e-mail;
dupreebert@yahoo.com for further information relating
to this matter.

I will furnish you all our contact details and web page
when I receive a response from you.

Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance
while we expect your prompt response.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Albert Dupree










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