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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: ayo@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:38:42 +0200
Subject: PLEASE READ AND REPLY.

Good Day Friend,

This might seem very deplorable for a person that you do not know but as
the title implies I am Ayo Balogun, the First Son of the former Inspector
General of Nigerian police (IG) Tafa Balogun.I got your contact through my
personal search on the internet.

I am contacting you due to the present situation as regards the special panel
set up by the present democratic administration in my country (Nigeria) under
the anti-corruption law passed mainly to recover what they termed 'The many
deals of Inspector General of Nigerian police' this law is yet another smear
campaign aimed mainly to frustrate, humiliate, dismember and widen the scope
of hatred to our family.

The rampaging situation in our accounts abroad has yielded to the barbaric
pressure and just last month we were squished out of another US$85m and all
this funds can be ascertained independently. You may wish to confirm this
from a leading newspaper in Nigeria (This Day) from their website at http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=7730
2005 editions.

You may be aware that my innocent mother is now on the run for her dare life.
According to my estimation in the deal my father did in Nigeria alone we
still have about US$50m in cash in different Securities Companies that we
intend to siphon abroad through your assistance for the purpose of investment
in areas of your interest.

Therefore, I am soliciting for genuine partners that I can invest this fund
which my father personally deposited with my own name unknown to any other
person except me of about US$20m. For more details, contact me as a handsome
reward of 17% of the total sum awaits you subject to our negotiation and
agreement.

You can contact me via my private e-mail at ayobalug@netscape.net for security
reason for further details for now. In the event of you not being interested
in this proposal, endeavour to keep this highly confidential!

Thanks and God bless you!

Sincerely,
Ayo Balogun.


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