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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: "Peter Massawa" <petermassawa@prosport.ro>
Reply-To: petmass@walla.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:26:03 +0300
Subject: Hello Friend !

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Peter Massawa,(Head of consumer banking) with
Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria and also the account officer in
charge of Mr.Anthony Jeremy's account,a National of your
country, who used to work with a Multi-National oil
firm in Nigeria. Hereinafter shall be referred to as
my client,On April 21, 2000, my client, his wife, and
their three children were involved in a auto accident
along Sagamu expressway. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your
embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
trace any interested person over the internet,hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this huge deposits were lodged. Now Standard Chartered Bank
Nigeria where the deceased had an account valued at
about ($10.6Million US Dollars)has issued out a notice
to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next 45 official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
you have the same last name so that the proceeds of
this account valued at ($10.6 Million US Dollars)can
be paid to you and then you and I can share the
money,60% to me and 40% to you.All I require is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. Please get in touch
with me by my email.

Best regards,
Peter Massawa.
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