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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: mohammed_abacha992@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:11:18 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?urgent=20=20bussiness=20=20assistance?=

Dear olav,
I am Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late President of Nigeria
General
Sani Abacha, I was falsely acussed of murder and as a result of that,I
was
imprisoned, but thanks be unto Almighty God,I have been released for my
innocence.
Well dear friend I need your assistance in transfering some of my money
into your account, because the government is making plans to seize
them,as
they did to my fathers own.Please view these site and read it's content
carefully to understand what I am talking about,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_741000/741506.stm
The ammount is $20 million in a Security Company Abroad.
All that is needed is for me to instruct the company to transfer the
funds
to your account, I will renumerate you with 20% at the end, but most of
all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction. I have been
confined
only to Kano and all my calls are monitored,So I will get my private
attorney
to get you the needed informations.
Please good friend do not reply back to this mail box try to send your
reply
of this mails to this my Alternative email address here
mohammed_abacha992@zipmail.com.br
OR mohammed_abacha99@gawab.com
for futher communcations is specially made for smooth runs of this
mutual
transaction.
Thanks,as I await your urgent response
Best Regards
Mohammed Abacha






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