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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: "simon peters" <server5v@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:49:53 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Hello,
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mr.simon peters and I am a
branch manager of a reputable bank in United Kingdom (ENGLAND) and I have
some urgent and
confidential proposition for you to consider, perhaps we could attempt it
together.
Sometime in 1999, AN ARAB OIL MERCHANT (Mr. KHALID MANSUR) made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for several months in my bank. This deposit has
reached maturity and I have sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address in America but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employees in America that Mr. Khalid
Mansur died alongside his wife in Iraq conflict in 2004.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a Will.
All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore carried
out further investigation and discovered that he did not declare any next
of kin or relations in all his official documentswith my bank, including his
Bank
Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum is still sitting in my Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. I know that no one will ever come forward to claim it and according
to banking Laws of England and wales, at the expiration of 5 (five) years,
the
money will revert to the Government, that is if nobody applies to claim the
funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in
as the next of kin in other for us to claim this money.
The total money available in the account including interest accummulated
over the years is $21.000000 (twenty one million u.s.dollars).

If you will do this deal with me please indicate your interest by sending a
mail to my email address server5v@hotmail.com We will then exchange phone
numbers for easier contact.
Also indicate to me how you want this money to be shared. I suggest you take
20% of the $21 000000 when you receive the $21m.
I assure you that this deal will be without any risk on your part because I
am in a position to protect you as well as protect myself.
I will wait for your urgent reply.
Regards
SIMON PETERS

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