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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: "dennis johnson" <dennis_johnson12006@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:28:48 -0600
Subject: please call me as you receive this email


Dear Madras House,
I received your email in respect of the transaction which I contacted you
for and I have replied to you without hearing from you till now.
I want to assure you that in this transaction that you have nothing to fear.
You can be rest assured that this transaction will be handled perfectly
well.
All you need to do for us to get this fund wire into your account is to
follow my directives.
You need to send the following information to me immediately.
Your account information.
Your Telephone and fax numbers
Your address.
With these information we will emply the services of an Attorney who will
handle the processing of the required legal documents and thereafter, the
fund will be wired to your account.
I will want to hear from you urgently.
Yours sincerely
Dennis Johnson

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