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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: "Dr. Idrissa Diop" <iddiop211@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: idrissadiop200@mixmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:04:40 +0200
Subject: For Investment partnership

411 Bank Avenue
Dakar Senegal

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr. Idrissa Diop from Dakar Senegal. I am the personal account
officer to Late Mr. John Schelpert whom until his untimely death citizen
of USA but living here in Dakar as a major contractor to one of the major
oil companies here in Dakar- Senegal with his family before his sudden death.


This mail is written to solicit your assistance to be presented as next of
kin to my Late Client Mr. John Schelpert from U.S.A. He made a fixed Deposit
valued at Sum of $13.7M USD (Thirteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand US
Dollars) with a finance institution here in Dakar. Unfortunately he lost
his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
on October 31, 1999. He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin but all
documents relating to the claim of this fund will be processed in your name
as soon as we agreed together.

The Governing Body of the Bank here in Dakar has contacted me on this matter
and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay a claim to the Fund. Under
a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your consent to be
presented as the next of Kin without any risk involved so that my late Client's
Fund will not be confiscated by the Government. For the sake of transparency
on this matter, you are free to make immediate contact with me through my
direct
telephone or through my email address for further information related to
this matter.

Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while I expect your prompt
response.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Idrissa Diop


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