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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: mike aka <micakason1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: micakason_bar@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 03:13:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent business


Hello,
My name is Dr. MIKE AKA I am the chief account of Nigerian
National Petroluem Corporation(N.N.P.C).and by my position,i was
privileged to use my position to over invoice a contract by excess of
Thirty two million U.S Dollars,and what i need now is a reliable and
trust worthy Foreigner whom i will work in concert with,to pull out
this excess money($32,000,000=00).I am not a greedy person by nature
and as such i will give you 30% of total fund.
You will provide me with your company or private account,
{1}. YOUR FULL NAME.
{2}. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.
{3}. YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER.
{4}. YOUR AGE & OCCUPATION.
{5}. YOUR IDENTIFICATION.
where to transfer the money into, This transaction is absolutely risk free.
And the transaction will take only fourteen banking days to conclude.This
is a legitimate deal and must be treated as such.When you confirm your interest i will tell you next step. Please include your telephone/fax numbers in your reply.
Thank you in anticipation.
Dr. MIKE AKA
NB.ALL REPLY SHOULD BE SENT TO MY ALTERNATIVE MAIL
mailto:BOX { micakason_bar@yahoo.com }















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