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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: "Barakah Ahmed" <barakahahmed@msn.com>
Reply-To: barakahahmed@123mail.cl
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:59:12 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR SERVICE

Dear Friend,

I am Dr(Mrs) Brenda Henrik a friend to Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish,
Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development. In November
2004, he received gratification of fifteen Million, five Hundred Thousand
U.S Dollars ($15,500.000.00) from the contract awarded to foreign firms for
the construction and maintenance of 250 Million (LPG) Gas Plants.

I have been mandated by (Mr. Suleiman) to seek for a reliable and
trustworthy foreign company or an individual who could help to provide bank
account to receive the money for investment without any hitch.

However, he has agreed to give reasonable sum for assistance. Therefore, if
this offer is acceptable to you, please indicate your interest by contacting
me for further proper documentation and briefing.

Check this site page for better
understanding:http://www.opecfund.org/about/dg.aspx

I look forward to be hearing from you soon.

Best regards.

Dr(Mrs) Brenda Henrik


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