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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: "Mr Gariba Thory" <garibathobank@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: garibathobank1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:51:45 +0100
Subject: Mr Gariba Thory

Dear sir,
I am Mr. Gariba Thory, I am working in Economic Development and Foreign contract payment Operations Department, in the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI).My aim and objective of sending this mail is to seek for your complyment and kindness to assist me by allowing a fast transfer of some huge amount of money into your account.it will interest you to know how this huge sum amount of fundscame about.About two days before the United State and British, bombing began, Saddam Hussein, ordered his youngest son, Qusay, to remove the sum of US$1.billion (£9.5 million) from the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) The cash which was loaded on to three lorries.
That memorable day Qusay and a senior aide to theformer president Saddam Hussein delivered the instruction in person to the bank's governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). And the money was removed without proper official documentations resarch. The money was not debited. It was just remove from the foreign reserve vault. This illegal with drawercreated opportunity for our staffs working in the foreign payments department servise to
hastingly remove from the vault the sum of US$75.million, which we shared among ourselves working in the department, five in number. My share was US$15.million,the deal was absolutely successfully don. Then,after the fall of Saddam,a Finance Company based in Jordan assisted me to move the fund as a Bond Deposit into Bank in UK.Due to recent problem in our Apex Bank,i decided to leave and i am under cover in SENEGAL -AFRICA What I needed now is your "TRUST" HONESTY and DEDICATION"and i know that with true
information of a bank account and your true identity,including fax and phon number we ensure a succesfull transfar of the money from u.k bank, to your account if wishes. I will also front you in any kind of investment that we might decide to enter later. As a matter of fact,if i am convinced and with your declaration of interest in this deal,then,i will tell you the procedures to follow.
For security of this transaction,i do hereby imploye you to treat and maintain it with absolute confident. Please,if you are not bless to assist,kindly destroy this letter for the sake of Humanity. Looking forward to your urgen
You do reply me with this email garibathobank@usa.com <mailto:garibathobank@usa.com>
Regards
Mr Gariba Thory


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