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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: Ahmed Maxwell <ahmed_08@email.ro>
Reply-To: ahmed_max02@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:33:55 +0300
Subject: Urgent and call me


FROM THE DESK OF MR AHMED MAXWELL.
DATE:30/4/2005
ATTN:ahmed_max02@yahoo.com
RE: TRANSFER OF ($48.700,000.00USD) FORTY EIGHT POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
I want to transfer to overseas $48.700,000.00USD forty eight pointseven
million United States Dollars from UBA PLC,Ogui branch in nigeria, I am
seeking for a reliable and honest person who will becapable and fit to provide
either an existing bank account or set up anew Bank account immediately to
receive this fund, even an empty account can serve this purpose,or you
help to seek an honest and reliable businessman who can assist us. I am MR
AHMED MAXWELL, an accountant and bankmanager, during the course of our
auditing I discovered a floating fund in adomiciliary account opened in the
bank in 1990 and since 1993nobody has operated on this account, after going
through some old files inthe records I discovered that the owner of the account
who is a foreigner died without any traceable next of kin hence the dormant
nature of the account and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be
re-channeled into the bank's reserve. I suggest we start the first
transfer with twenty million Dollars [$20,000.000] and upon the successful
transfer of the first $20million without hitches or disappointment from you, I
shall re-apply for the remittance of the balance of the fund to your nominated
account. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved for a local account here and I am not supposed to be in possession of
such amount of dollars, but the fund can only be approved to any foreigner or
into a foreign account. I suggest we meet face to face to get acquainted, as
the fund in question is alarge one before we commence with transfer.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine, as I will use my office
to see that the transaction is hitch free and I will destroy all documents
relating the transaction once we conclude the transaction. On the conclusion of
this business, ! you will be given 15% of the total amount, 80% will be for
me,while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have ncurred during the
process of this transaction. I look forward to your earliest reply through my
personal email.

Bestregard,
MR AHMED MAXWELL.


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