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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: "ANTHORY WILLIAM" <authony_44william@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frank_eze20002000@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:22:36 -0700
Subject: ATTN: HONORABLE CONTRACTOR

ATTN: HONORABLE CONTRACTOR

Dear Sir,

Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards of the shipment of your
contract sum, I wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have been
automatically concluded and have left Nigeria to London via your Country
today by Express Cargo Flight.

Note carefully the content of the crate is "MONEY" but I did not discloseit
to the Courier Services as Money, rather I informed
them that the crate contain Vital "DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to my
client (that?s you).

Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 220kg but I manage to pay
120kg, which cost US$75,600.00. On no account should
you disclose the content of the crate with the Diplomatic Courier
Services for fear of betrayal. So do not allow them to know that the
content is money.

In the meantime, contact the Diplomatic Courier Services on
Emil:(frank_eze20002000@yahoo.it) to know the actual situation with the
consignment and also give them your address where the consignment will be
delivered and then get back to me as soon as possible so that I can give you
the shipment document.

Meanwhile, I will be coming over to your country immediately the
consignment arrives in your Country for my 10% share.

Congrats and remain blessed.

Best Regards,
Yours faithfully,

Dr. Anthony William


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