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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: stephen bull <jobinna20042001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:06:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: urgent reply


DEAR CEO.SIR/MADAM. Martin Jansen
I, MR PRINCE MARK A CHIEF AUDITOR OF BANKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OFGHANATHAT CONTACTING YOU,I WISHES TO TRANSFER MONEY INTO A
FOREIGN ACCOUNT THAT IS RELIABLE AND CAPABLE TO RECEIVE SEVERAL
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IF YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT IS RELIABLE, AND YOU ARE
DEPENDABLE, YOU WILL BE PAID 35%, TO BE EXACT, OF THE AMOUNT
TRANSFERED.
THE COSTS AND EXPENSES INVOLVED IN THE TRANSFER WILL BE BORNE BY BOTH
PARTY. I SIMPLY WISHES TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT AS A
CONDUCT. YOU MUST BE ASSURED OF THE CONFIDENTIALLITY OF THE
TRANSACTION; LET ME ALSO ASSURE YOU IT IS A GUARANTEED RISK-FREE TRANSACTION---NO
RISK TO YOU WHATSOEVER,WE ARE ALL ON A SOLID LEGAL GROUNDS! BESIDES IF
YOU ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL, WE WOULD ENTER INTO A BINDING, ENFORCEABLE
AGREEMENT/MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING(MOU) WITH YOU, PRIOR(BEFORE) TO
EFFECTING THE TRANSFER/TRANSACTION.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR QUICK RESPONSE, TO ENABLE ME TO KNOW HOW
WILLINGLY YOU ARE AND I WILL BE PRIVILEGED TO PROVIDE DETAILS/SPECIFICS TO
YOU IN CONFIDENCE. PLEASE
INDICATE TO ME YOUR NUMBER TO
CALL YOU,
RESPECTFULLY YOURS
PRINCE MARK
00233277428638





































































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