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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: =?big5?q?obi=20james?= <jamesxobi97@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: jamesxobi@mail15.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:09:06 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Good day l am Mr. James Obi,of#P LOT 225 KOFO ABAYOMI STREET VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS, NIGERIA.a Civil Servant in the Ministry of Health. l know this proposal will come to you as a surprise bec ause we have not meet before either physically or throu gh correspondence. I got your contact from our chambe r of commerce here in Nigeria and have no doubt in your ability to handle this proposal involving huge sum of money. My father Chief Isama obi(Now Late) was th e Royal Head of my com munity,ELEME (an oi


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