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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: samuel mensah <samuelmensah1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 15:17:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT


salut monsieur
Je suis joseph , un jeune élève d'abidjan.
mon probleme est que depuis le debut de la guerre mon pere à perdu son travail et je me debroullais pour payer mon ecole.et cette fin d'annee il me reste à payer 250000 depuis le mois d'avril.Mais le directeur m-accorde jusqu'à le 10 mai pour payer sinon il me mettait dehors hors je suis en classe d'examen.
je voudrais bien que vous m'aidiez.




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