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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: ebuka nnaji <donmirannaji2007@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:04:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE:ATT PROPOSAL PLS UPDATE ME




body{font:12px Arial;margin:3px;overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:auto}p{margin:0px;}blockquote, ol, ul{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;} From The Desk Of:
Mr. George Macanthony
Personnel manager,
Global Mineral Sourcing Ltd,
London, England.
Tel: +44 7031844097
Email: globalmineral_ltd134@myway.com

I am Mr George Mcanthony, The Personnel manager of Global mineral sourcing company limited situated in England. We refer to the above subject and wish to make our feelings known.


Our main factory is located in west africa where we extract the raw materials for our product and also we have a big factory for fabrics and we get majority of our fabrics customers from the US and CANADA, but all transfers and anything that has to do with payments goes to our headquarter in London,

We are looking for a representative in the world, apart from africa and who would be working as a part-ime worker in helping us recieve payments from our customers in the their country, This is because the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive and it might interest you to know that we spend up to 1,300 Dollars on flight ticket only, so we need a representative in the United States who will be handling that aspect so as to save cost. We are willing to pay you 5% on every payment you recieve and you can still keep your regular job while you work for us.

The problem we have now is based on trust and to this effect, we have arranged for an attorney who will be representing our interest prior to making sure that everything goes as agreed. This offer wouldne't cost you anything, but any attempt to divert our funds, will get you into trouble, so if you are a cheat, we will advice you don't even regard this email.

All you have to do is for you to receive this payments, which will be sent to you by our business partners and customers, in form of cheque as most of our customers prefer paying through cheque which clears quickly there in their country.We must also let you know that it was our customers that suggested that we look for a receiver in your country.


These cheques would come to you in your name, so all you need to do is for you to receive the cheque, deposit it with your bank and when it clears, you then deduct your 5% from it and then send the balance into our Bank account as designated.

If u are interested in this proposal, kindly declare your interest by replying with a letter of application stating that you conform with the rules and regulations stipulated on the business and also state what you do for a living.

Awaiting your urgent response.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. George Mcanthony







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