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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: sim_kere@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:01:51 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?VERY=20URGENT=20PLEASE?=

Dear Sir

Permit me to introduce myself, my name is Mr.Simiu
Kereku.I work with TRINITY TRUST,FINANCE & SECURITY SARL
of Benin Republic as(Senior accountant),in the discharge
of my duty,I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has
remained dormant for three years now with US$15m(Fifteen
million dollars) on it with account name Mr.John
Berryman.

I contacted my director and we sent out staff for
enquiries and discovered that the account holder died in
an accident. I am writing you so that we can work together
to remit the money to you as the next of kin because
this money belong to a foreigner and has to be claimed by
a foreigner.

I guarantee this transaction under a legitimate
arrangement that will not breach the law by both
parties,it is simple process which will take a short
while to process. If I hear from you,I will tell you all
you need to Know about the money.

PLEASE REPLY TO THE GIVEN E-MAIL ADDRESS: sim_kere2004@yahoo.com

Best Regards,

Mr.Simiu Kereku








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