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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: "david obi" <drdavidobi2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: princejeffsan@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:56:14 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

My name is Prince Jeff Sannoussi, I am the first son of Late Zainoul
Abidine Sanoussi. Until his death,
my father was the former foreign Affairs Minister of my country
(Guinea-Conakry). Before I go into further details please be informed that I
am writing without any other persons pre-knowledge of my contacting you,
Therefore I will appreciate same
attitude to be maintained all through Days before the death of my father
herevealed to me about a deposit of a trunk box
which he deposited with my name in a private security company in Accra,Ghana
for security reasons, although he registered the contents as precious stones
but the real content of these trunk box is the sum of USD42M (FortyTwo
Million United States of American Dollars) which was his share from a secret
sale of Diamond when he was in the office, he could not deposit this funds
in a financial institution for fears of the funds being confiscated. After
the burial of my father, I made frantic effort on the best way to handle
this money.
I sought advice from an attorney who advised that I must seek for a
trust-worthy foreign business partner. However, I sincerely ask for your
assistance to get this Funds out of this country, and your share for
assisting us will be 15% of the total sum, 5% will be use for upsetting all
the expenses incurred in the course of concluding this venture and the
remaining 80% that will be for me and my family The consignment will be
released within seven 7 days of my being in
receipt of your reply via my email address and I want to assure you that
this transaction is 100% risk free In case you have any question do not
hesitate to contact me as I wait for your swift and favorable response to my
email.
Best Regards
Prince Jeff Sanoussi.
Please reply to my private email below:(princejeffsan@terra.com.mx)


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