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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: chri46@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:17:16 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGNET?=

HELLO,

MY NAME IS MR.CHRIUBA. I WORK WITH THE FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC AS A GROUP
HEAD TREASURY DEPARTMENT.IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTY, I STUMBLED ON THIS
DOMICILIARY ACCOUNt THAT HAS REMAINED DORMANT FOR SIX MONTHS NOW WITH TEN
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($10.5M) IN IT. ON
PERSONAL INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCOUNT HOLDER DIED IN AUTOCRASH
ACCIDENT WITH THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT OF KIN TO
THE AMOUNT.I AM WRITING YOU SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO REMIT THIS AMOUNT
OF MONEYINTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE NEXT OF KIN HENCE THE DEPOSITOR HAPPENED
TO BE
A FOREIGNER.IT IS SIMPLE PROCESS WHICH WILL TAKE A SHORT WHILE TO PROCESS.
OUTSIDE THIS,THEBANK MANAGEMENT WILL CONFISCATE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AS
UNCLEARED EFFECTS
IF I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEMONEY
ANDTHE OPERATIONAL METHOD WE CAN USE TO EFFECT THE REMITANCE INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT.

BEST REGARD
CHRIUBA
ALTERNATIVELY YOU REPLY THROUGH EMAIL ADDRESS:chriuba@yahoo.com

















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