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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: clara eric <claraeric@web.de>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:00:17 +0200
Subject: Await for the joint efforts


Dear friend,
I am clarathan Eric. Working with Finance and Securities Company in Europe.
Presently we have in our position a large sum of money which we received as a consignment , to deliver to one of our clients a filipino sailor who died in a brief illness.
I have made every effort to source the relations or any one next to him which I could not. I am in charge of deposit and have all the necessary instruments to make the claim if I have a reliable person to assist.
The funds will be confiscated if no one is coming for the claim, so if you are interested to stand as a relation to him, urgently let me know through this email address(clarathaneric@freesurf.fr [mailto:clarathaneric@freesurf.fr]) for more detail and ho w to proceed.
Regards
Clarathan Eric



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