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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: elvischris@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:05:19 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20NEED=20YOUR=20ATTENTION=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E?=

Dearest,

I RECEIVED YOUR DATA THROUGH THE INTERNET BUSINESS DIRECTORY,I HAVE PRAYED
OVER IT AND I PICKED UP THE COURAGE AND TRUST TO CONTACT YOU
IMMEDIATELY REGARDING THIS BUSINESS.
I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise.
I am MRS FATIMA ABACHA, GROUP HEAD TREASURY,BILLS AND EXCHANGE, ECOZENITH
BANK PLC. We had a foreign client from your country (NAME WITH HELD)who
deposited a huge sum of money(10.5million AMERICAN DOLLARS)with our BANK.
Eventually,this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR BOEING 767
FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in U.S.A but, since then wehave
not had any body coming for the claims as
the next of kin.A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in
the BANK.Now,having
monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his
death, and
hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past 5 years plus,I
have removed the file to my private vault. I now solicit for your
assistance
to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangements has been
concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me
move
the
funds into his bank account.
This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal
documentations
will be handled by me. I therefore request you to confirm your
interest
by a
return message and I will furnish you with details. Your interest
will be
negotiable before we commence the operation. I look forward to
hearing from
you.
Regards

MRS FATIMA ABACHA
NB:PLEASE DONT FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE, FAX NUMBERS AND
YOUR
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR EFFECTIVE CONTACTS AND SECURITY
REASONS.PLEASE DO REPLY TO fati_abacha2001@yahoo.ca





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