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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 Jonathan Davidson" <jonathdavi@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jonathdavi@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:49:36 +0200
Subject: From Mr.Jonathan

ATTN : CEO / DIRECTOR / PRESIDENT


I am Mr, Jonathan Davidson the Director of delivery operation Trans-World Securities in SENEGAL. Our firm is a security Company of high repute with years of outstanding service to the people of SENEGAL,especially for top
Government officials and Military leaders here in Africa.I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us.
I have not discussed this with anybody becuase it is top Secret. To be explicit and straightforward to the point, early 1999 a reputable client of ours deposited a
consingment in our company`s vault for safekeeping and since then our client
has failed to come foward to claim his consignment which has accumulated a
considerable amount of money in demurrage.
Consequently,in our bid to contact this client to redeem the demurrage which his consignment has accumulated,I discovered that our client the former President of the
Republic of Zambia who died of illness after he was dethroned, the same year the consignmnet was entrusted in our care.

Since the death of our client,President Muhamade Njiaye Saka, none of his benefactors has come to claim the consignment with us which means that none f his relatives or aides had knowledge of this consignment.Hence out of curiousity,I decide to secretly open the box that was registered as Valuable Treasure by our client, actually contained a nsiderable amount of US$15.3Million dollars.
Since this development,I have been nursing plans secretly. And i came to found out from inquiries and foriegn media that our late client siphoned a lot of money from his country while he was in office as the Head of States.
It is my convinction that the consignment in our vault was part of money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no trace to this money n our care.I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this money out of
Senegal o your Country for immediate investment with your assistance.

I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 25% of the total amount,Uopn my immediate receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me on the transaction.I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of Ownership of
the onsignment to your name in order to facilitate our clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your Country for onward Investment.
This transaction is 100% risk free.
Please Kindly Maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter.
Best Regard
Mr Jonathan Davidson






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