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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. Nooh Majd" <nomah1010@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nomah1010@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:25:59 +0000
Subject: Assalaamoualaykoum!!

Assalaamoualaykoum!!

I got your contact while searching for investment assistance in Internet. I am Mr. Nooh Majd a 22 years old Sudanese. The first son of (late) Moj. Ammar Majd, a rebel leader of the Sudan, who died, at battle field on 9th feb 2004 during the United Nation peace keeping intervention in Darfur western Sudan last year.

Before the death of my father, he deposited an amount of five million five hundred thousand American dollars (U.S$5.500,000) in a finance company in Senegal. I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign personality who will take me as a son,to help me transfer the money over to your country with the intention of investing it in a business under your directives and supervisions, because I have no knowledge of investment until i finished up my Education, also to help me acquire naturalization status in your country.

Please, I need your reply urgently to enable me forward the necessary information's which protects the documents which are with me as the beneficiary/next kin of the above deposit.

Almighty ALLH bless you as you consider.

Yours Truly

Nooh Majd


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