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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: "Mrs. Anita Baker" <mrsanitabaker@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:36:04 +0700
Subject: I CONTACT YOU WITH FAITH

Dear Friend,

Let me first of all inform you, I go through your profile to mail you for a permission to go ahead.

I am Mrs. Anita Baker from Mexico. I am married to Mr. Tesco Baker who worked with a construction company in Thailand for twenty Years before he died in the tsunami disasters, we were married with only a male child named Buka.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry. When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of 11.6 million dollars (Eleven Million six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) security company.

Presently this money is still with the Security company and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money, I Told them I will Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come over.

I am presently in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment Cancer of the lungs in a hospital , I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to Live.

So I now decided to contact you to assist my only son ( Buka ) to claim this money From where it was deposited and guide him for investment.as you might have more business / investment experience more than him.As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact information of the Security company.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.
For your assistance I and my son Buka has accepted rewarding you with 30% from the principal amount as you shall give every needed assistance is making sure the said fund ($11.6Million) is successfully retrieved from the safe deposit company and also transfered to your country successfully without any hitch . Do not worry yourself concerning the genuity of the fund as all the necessary documentats of the fund are intact with my son Buka .All you need to do is to contact him and start all the arrangement of retrieving and transfering of the fund.
Lastly, I honestly pray and believe that this money when its finally moved to your country will be used for the said purpose of investing in profitable project because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without God is vanity upon vanity.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein and Keep this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your Custody,this is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.

I await your urgent reply
Regards,

Mrs. Anita Baker



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