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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: "FROM MR TEEN TEGWU" <tentegwu300@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ten_tegwu@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:03:07 +0100
Subject: INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND GET BACT TO ME

Dear friend,
I know this may come as surprise and sceptic to you. I am one of the
officials in the Energy management board, in Dakar senegal. We had a contract
with Denmark through the dakar senegal Danish Cooperation, which was signed
on the 4th of march, 2003 on the Electrification of the Urban centres,
offices and rural dwellers.
The main issue of contacting you is to intimate you that during the
award of this contract, a few of my colleagues and l, had inflated the amount of this contract and the OVER- INVOICED is being safeguarded under our custody.
However, we have decided to transfer this sum of money, $10.8million USA Dollars out of this Country for disbursement. Hence, we seek for a reliable, honest and not greedy foreign partner whom we shall use his or her account to transferring the fund. And we agreed that the account owner shall benefit 30% of the total amount of money, 65% is for us here, and 5% will be used for miscellaneous expenses during the transfer.
If you are capable to handle the transaction without hitches and flaws, then we have confidence in the deal, and a risk free transfer from our side.
Please, make it TOP SECRET and avoid every channel of implicating us here thereby endanger our career.
I pray to God for his providence for a smooth transfer, so that our retiring soon or later will be a better and blessful retirement life, as such we are very cautious towards actualising this noble venture. It can also be a once in life opportunity for you,
because l know that we going to see face-face, preferably come down to senegal Dakar and verify on my claim on the said amount of money in the bank.
Besides, to discuss business and investment in your country at large, and thereafter sit together to decide on the means of transferring.If this picks your interest, Reach me faster through my alternate mail id for security reason.
Email tentegwu@yahoo.ca <mailto:tentegwu@yahoo.ca>
Please, time is no longer on our side.
Best regards,
Mr Teen Tegwu
Note Below.
This are the necessary requirements needed from you.
NAME....................................................
OCCUPATION AND YOUR POSITION..................................
AGE:.......................................................
STATUS:..................................................
STATE/COUNTRY....................................
BANK/ACCONUT DETAILS......................
TELE/FAX NUMBERS...............................


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