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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: <hanscwills@lawyersmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:43:05 -0700
Subject: Respond urgent and give me power of attorney


Dear Joop,
I am the one that stop then by contacting you do to your long silence
to me.
I have sent you a lot of mails and have not heard any thing from you.
So am afraid because I don't know if you are still interested on the
business or not, they promise to release the money to you as the
beneficiary in our last meeting but I stop them.
I don't know you are like this I thought you are honest and
responsible I never no you will jeopardize my effort, see let me tell
you I rather look for another person than to have you and loose the
money I suffered for.
I needed power of power attorney from you that I can present to the
finance company for them to allow me bring another person to inherit
the money.
I don't need your cooperation any more you are not honest.
Treat this as urgent.
Hans




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