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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: "Mr. Isubuno Anthony" <mrisubunoanthony@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrisubunoanthony@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:48:51 +0000
Subject: From Mr.Isubuno Anthony.

Dear Sir,
 
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I got your mail address from the Foreign Department in our Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office. I am working with the Standard Trust Bank Plc,Apapa  Branch Lagos.My purpose of writing you is to ask for your assistance  to provide a virgin bank account or your account that contains lettle or no money where we can successfully secure the  sum of  $10.5 million (ten million five hundred thousand united states  dollars). For your information, there is one America business merchant based  here in Nigeria and his name is Mr.Jeremiah,
 
He was the owner of Jc, fisheries Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Oshodi expressway, Isolo here in Lagos now have been taken over by Government of Nigeria because nobody came for this  company after the death of Mr. Jeremiah. This man died in a plane crash in 2001 together withhis wife here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank and I m his accounting officer.
 
However, since the death of Mr. Jeremiah, I have been trying to contact any of his relative in the City of Chicago, his home country America through his address with me, to let his people know about his money  in our bank but I did not receive any response.I later remembered  that Mr. Jeremiah came to my country out of shame he was receiving  from his country because he was impotent.
 
This secret he revealed  to me when he was alive because I pestered him to introduce his  children to me. Now I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr.Jeremiah next of kin in order to claim the money he deposited here as Fixed Solid Investment since nobody knew about it.
Government of my country will pay it to Federal Reserve purse if I should declare to them about this fund. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give you all information you may need about Mr. Jeremiah and his banking relationship with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin  to receive this money in your account.
 
This transaction will go  through normal banking process only that you have to stand firm as the next of kin to Mr.Jeremiah just to claim this money. I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please  if you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with  me, Reply me as soon as you receive this email. I will require the following information from you for procession of the fund in your favour.
 
1. Your private phone and fax number.
2. Your account information where this fund will be paid into.
3. Your home address. I personally need your home address because I do not know you too well before now only that I decided to work with you on trust believing God that you will not cheat on me.
 
Note that we can conclude this transaction within 2 weeks upon your compliance in applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will  direct you. I will give you $2.5million after we conclude this transaction. Be duly informed that I will be resigning from this banking work  to come over to your country after the transfer of this fund to your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I will have enough money for any kind of business after this transaction. You need not to be afraid because in as much as I would want my reputation protected, I would also want yours to also be protected.
I m waiting for your urgent response.
 
Best regards,
 
Mr.Isubuno Anthony.

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