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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.Howard Cecil" <howardcecil2004@msn.com>
Reply-To: howardcecil@luxmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:29:27 +0000
Subject: To Whom It May Concern:


To Whom It May Concern:

I am Mr. Howard Cecil, President of Britworks Art and Craft, located in
London, united Kingdom. Britworks is

an on line gallery and publisher specializing in the mythopoetic arts. The
gallery features original paintings and sculpture along with prints,
giclees,and collectibles from visionary artists with a flair for fantasy and
fairy tale art.

We want to expand our business into Canada, United States, the Middle and
Far East and the rest of the world. We are searching for reliable
representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our
customers in your respective country as well as making payments through you
to us.

Please contact us for more information,Subject to your satisfaction you will
be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for
your services as our representative.if you are interested,kindly get back to
us for more details as we will be pleased to do business with you.

Thanks in advance.

Mr.Howard Cecil

President Britworks Art & Craft.

Tel:+447031915660

Fax:+448704902086


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