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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: "prince yengeni" <princeyengenix2101@gawab.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:24:13 GMT
Subject: I NEED YOUR REPLY


DEAR FRIEND,
My name is Prince Yengeni a south African citizen
I got your Contact through a personal research .
I am the brother to Mr.Tony Yengeni . Mr Yengeni was
the
chairman of
parliament's in south Africa and the former chief
of the ruling political party ANC

.My Brother (MR. T. YENGENI), has as a result of
trust and Confidence he has mandated that I
search for a Reliable and trustworthy foreign partner,
who Will help receive some funds, which we have
in cash Totalling US$35m(Thirty Five Million United
States Dollars) into a personal,company or any
Reliable foreign bank account for safe keeping
for a Short period of time, since our family bank
accounts Within and outside the country have all been
Frozen by the authorities.

(I would refer you to these Websites for further
information
About my family)

1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2756861.stm
2)http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/03/safrica.arms/index.html

However we have managed to push the money abroad
and it is presently in the custody of a security
company
in Europe through a diplomatic means it was the only
the money
could
leaves South Africa. I hope you are trustworthy and
will not
sit on
the money when you receive it. The total sum will be
shared as
follows: 20% for you , 75% For my family , and then
the
remaining 5% will be used for the reimbursement of
all the
expenses we will incurre in the process of this
transaction

where you will take delivery of the funds ,There is
no risk
involved what so ever on this transaction, these
funds will
be received in your favor upon proper application.

If you are interested in this business, please
urgently
contact me on the following e-mail address
princeyengenix2101@gawab.com.
Please
endeavor to keep this business confidential.I will be
most grateful if you can come forward and help me so
that
I will give you more details

Thanks awaiting your reply.

Prince Yengeni
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