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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: "mikeadams" <mikeadams@compaqnet.fr>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:22:53 -0800
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: DR. MIKE ADAMS

FROM THE DESK OF: DR. MIKE ADAMS
ECO BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

I am an accountant of [ECO BANK PLC NIGERIA.] By Name DR.
MIKE ADAMS, A very good citizen of United states of America
[U.S.A] who
based in Nigeria, died on plane crash on The 15th of August
2000. He
has the sum of nine million USD Dollars in his Account with
my Bank ,
but the bank is looking for a way to claim these fund
because non Of his relatives
showed concern after his death to claim these funds.
Please, I need a good citizen who will definitely stand as
the next of Kin To [LATE ENGR FEDRICK JAWAD] to claim these
fund.

As soon as this claims is done the Bank will contact you for
the remittance of these funds into your account without
delay.But before the claims I will send to you all related
documents from file of LATE ENGR FEDRICK JAWAD, which you
will use to contact the legal department of my Bank as the
next of kin/ relative to LATE ENGR FEDRICK JAWAD.Come the
sharing of these funds as soon as it is transferred into
your account, 30 % percent of The total sum/funds will be
given to you, 10% percent is map out for expenses locally
and internationally
during the process of this claim, and 60% Percent will be
for me and my
partners.I want this business to be confidential, so that
the bank
will not get to know anything about this, that someone is
giving out
vital information to you to stand for this claim as the next
of kin.
My good friend this transaction is 100 percent risk free,
and as a family man with two children. Therefore will not
want any thing that
will diage my image/family, if interested you should please
reply urgently
as you receive this letter for immediate transaction.



YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR. MIKE ADAMS

N.B: Please Reply To My Alternative E-mail Address Below:

mikeadams@compaqnet.fr


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