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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 JEBBA" <simonjebba@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: simonjebba1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:27:02 +0000
Subject: URGENT



ATTENTION
MY NAME IS SIMON JEBBA ,A YOUNG MAN FROM SIERRA LEONE BUT PRESENTLY RESIDING IN DAKAR,
SENEGAL. MY REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS THAT I HAVE IN MY POSSESION A REASONABLE QUANTITY
OF GOLD OF GREAT VALUE,AND I NEED YOUR HELP TO SALE ,OR TRANSFER TO YOUR COUNTRY PENDING
MY ARRIVAL..
THE GOLD WERE DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY VAULT HERE IN DAKAR BY MY LATE FATHER AND IS
AWAITING MY ORDER TO BE SOLD OR TRANSERED AS I AM THE NEXT OF KIN AS STIPULATED IN ALL THE
DEPOSITIONAL DOCUMENTS.
I DONT HAVE ANY IDEAR ABOUT BUSINEES AND I AM LOKING FORWARD TO YOU WHO HAS A LITTLE
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BUSINEES TO ASSSIST ME IN DISPOSING MY GOLD AND ALSO GUIDE ME THROUGH THE
INVESTMENT OF THE AFTER SALES PROCEEDS.
I HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT INVOLVED SHOULD YOU MAKE UPYOUR MIND
TO ASSIST ME ON THIS PROJECT.
PLEASE I WANT TO ASURE YOU THAT THERE ARE NO RISKS INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSACTION AS EVERY
THING AS REGARDS THIS TRANSACTION IS GENUINE AND OPEN FOR SCRUTINY.
YOU CAN CONTACT ME VIA simonjebb1@yahoo.com <mailto:simonjebb1@yahoo.com> or simonjebba@tiscali.co.uk <mailto:simonjebba@tiscali.co.uk>.
I HOPE THIS MY PROPOSAL WILL GET A DUE CONSIDERATION FROM YOU .
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
SIMON JEBBA


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