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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: GRACE KABILA <gracekabila_3@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 06:40:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A WIDOW IN NEED OF YOUR HELP...





FROM: MRS. GRACE KABILA,

TEL:+ 27-8349-14466

EMAIL:gracekabila_3@yahoo.com
Perliments street,
Cape Town,
South Africa.

A WIDOW IN NEED OF YOUR HELP.

Dear

How are you today? I hope all is well with you. I know this letter will come to you as a surprise, but at the same time this is the right time for me to disclose this business golden opportunity to you. Before I go further let me first introduce myself, I am MRS GRACE KABILA, a citizen of Republic of South Africa the wife of the former chairman African Gold & Diamond Industry (now late).

Before the death of my husband he deposited the sum of US10M (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in one of the SECURITY COMPANY in LONDON and since the death of my husband the company has called me to come and claim the money, but due to I was still mourning my late husband then as our tradition may demand. Now that everything is over I am looking for a God fearing person who will assist me in investing the money properly.

If you are willing to assist me please send to me immediately your private telephone and fax numbers to enable me give you information on how to transfer the money to your account. I will give you 30% of the total sum and 70% will be for me.
Expecting to hear from you,
Thanks and God bless you.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. GRACE KABILA,







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