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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: Charles Dickens <charlesx_dickens@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: charlesxx_dickens@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:03:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Mr.Charles Dickens


Mr.Charles Dickens
Suite 303 Tourist Junction,
160 Pine Street,
Durban 4001,
South Africa.

{MONEY TRANSACTION}
{THIRTY SIX MILLION USD}
(RE:TRANSFER OF ($ 36,000,000.USD)


Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Charles Dickens, and I work in the
International operation department in a Local Bank
here in South Africa On a routine inspection,I
discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL Of
36,000,000 (Thirty Six Million USD) on furtherdiscreet
investigation I also discovered that the account
holder has long since passed away (dead)leaving no
beneficiary to the accountThe bank will approve this
money to any foreigner because the former operator of
the a/c is a foreigner and from Iraq in particular and
I am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody will
come again for the claim of this money A foreigner can
only claim this money with legal claims to the account
Holder therefore I need your cooperation in this
transaction.

I will provide the necessary information needed in
order to claim this money, But you will need to open
an account where this can be transferred.If you are
interested send me your private Telephone No And Fax
number including the full details of the account to be
used for the Deposit.I wish for utmost confidentiality
in handling this transaction as my job and the future
of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached
The information will be as follows:

Bank Name............
Bank Address.........
A/C Number...........
Beneficiary Name.....

And i am assuring you that the transaction is risk
free hence we are going to follow the normal transfer
process .Finally a 25% of the total fund will be given
to you for your steadfast corporation.

I look forward to a favorable response from you as
soon as possible.Thank's for your maximum co-operation
and remain blessed.

Best Regards,
Mr.Charles Dickens.









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