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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: CLARASAID <magnusdegboff@tiscali.it>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 01:09:12 -0800
Subject: $10,000,000.00 in your favour/contact my physician immediately


$10,000,000.00 in your favour/contact my physician immediately
I sincerely hope that after you have read this mail you will respond to
the call of my physician,Dr.Magnus Degboff on telephone number
2348034701685 immediately to get this will transferred in your name/the
name of your organisation.
am former Mrs. Abibat Said , now Mrs Clara Said , a widow to late
Alhaji Mahi Said . I am 72 years old.I am 72 years old, I am now a new
Christian convert,suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From
all indications, my condition is really deteriorating and is quite
obvious that I may not live more than six months, because the cancer
stage has gotten to a very severe stage. My late husband was killed
during the Gulf war, and during the period of our marriage we had a son
who was also killed in a cold blood during the Gulf war. My late




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