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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: "Amoussou Andre" <amou_andre001@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:19:19 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund released and
transferred to Deutsche bank Germany, under the cooperation of a new
partner from South Africa, Who is a citizen of UnitedKingdom.

Presently I'm in Benin , planning how to travel out to Germany, where he
assisted to deposit the money, and the money has been currently deposited
with DEUTSCHE BANK GERMANY.

I will soon leave for Germany for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary,his name is Paul Clerk, and his email address is,

paulclerk@hotmail.fr ask him to send you the total $800.000.00 which i
mapped for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist
me in this matter.

Note that already i have written a cashier cheque wort of that value on your
name, I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and
get in touche with my secretary (Paul Clerk), and instruct him where to send
the cheque to you via Courrier service.

Please, do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferings, and stress at that time, i am very busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having
at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary
on your behalf to release the cashier cheque to you , so feel free to get in
touch with him, and he will send the cheque to you without any delay,i am
now a happy man in life.

Thanks, and remain blessed.

Amoussou Andre.



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