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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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Some comments about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "bradly" <bradlyzuma@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:59:38 -0500 (EST)
Subject: GOOD DAY


















Dear sir,It is my pleasure to introduce myself to you,I am Bradly Zuma,son of the Governor of the Nothern district of Federal Republic of Togo in West Africa.My father has mandated me to source for a reliable foreign partner,who will assist us receive the sum of $9.5m which we intend to move out of Africa.being fund secured by my father,and presently deposited in a security company here in west Africa.We do not intend to move out this fund with our African name to avoid leakage,this is why I seek your consent to use your foreign name and account to achieve this.we will allow you 25% value for your involvement and we intend to invest the remaining 75% in profitable investment in your country,my family have preference in estate business and we wish to appoint you as our investment maneger.Kindly contact me via this email address bradlyzuma@yahoo.co.uk about your willingness to undertake this transaction with us,so that I will advice you the next step to follow and other detail!
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of the transaction which you need to know.Please for security reason,keep this transaction very confindential.Best Regards,Bradly zuma

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