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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: "LILIAN ABDUD." <liliankabala125@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: liliankabala@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:03:47 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT REPLY

ATT MR/MRS.
HOW ARE YOU TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY I HOPE FINE WITH ALL.
PLEASE I KNOW THIS WILL NOT BE AN EMBARRASMENT TO YOU OR YOURFAMILY.
I AM A WIFE OF (MR LILIAN ABUDU)A NATIVE OF EGYPT COUNTRY A
CONTRACTOR WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SINCE TEN YEARS BEFORE HE DIED IN PLAN
CRASH LAST MONTH WITH SOME MEN TOP MEN IN NIGERIA.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA GAVE HIM A CONTRACT OF ($10.5M)
TO DO AND NOW THEY CAME LAST WEEK TO ASK ME IF I KNOWS ANY THING ABOUT
HIS WORK OR BANK ACCOUNT,WHICH I SAID NO.

PLEASE SIR/MADAM I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME ON THE FUND TO STAND AS THE
OWNER BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KNOWS ABOUT IT THEY WILL CLAIM IT
OR THE THEY WILL DIVIDE IT OK.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE WITH MY TWO KIDS PLEASE ASSIST ME
NOW AND THE FUND IS IN (EUROPE) I WILL ISSUE YOU ALL THE INFORMATIONS AND
ALSO OUR FAMILY BARRISTER WILL ASSIST YOU INTERMS OF NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS OK.

FINALLY I WILL LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR PRIVATE MOBILE AND PHONE NUMBER
TOGETHR WITH YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL FOR THE TRANSACTION AND PRESENTLY I AM
IN Dakar Senega AS OF NOW OK.
God BLESS YOU
WAITING (MRS LILIAN ABDUD.)
ALTERNATIVE (liliankabala@yahoo.fr)


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