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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: "charles" <c10002brown@excite.com>
Reply-To: charles_900b@universal.pt
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:20:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Greetings,


Greetings, I am Mr.Charles Brown, a Canadian citizen and an attorney based in Manchester,England.A personal attorney to late Mr Mark Michelle(a foreigner and a private oil consultant/contractor with the shell petroleum Development in Saudi Arabia),hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. Unfortunately, my client and his wife lost their lives in a Plane crash in Dec,2003.My Several attempts to locate any of his relatives as rected by his bank have proved abortive, even I've had to make inquires with his country's embassies and so far,non of his relatives have been traced.It may interest you to know that my client died "intestate". PROPOSITION:I decided to contact you purely on the personal conviction of trust and confidence that we can co-operate with each other and do a very lucrative business for our mutual benefit . I want you to give me the needed assistance by allowing me to present you as the NEXT OF KIN to the deceased and,the beneficiary of his estate.The
deceased had a deposit valued presently at(GBP 45,800,000.00) and his Bank has issued me a notice to provide his next of kin or eneficiary by will, otherwise the account would be confiscated. Already, I have worked out modalities for achieving my aim of appointing a next of kin as well as transfer the money out of this country, for us to share in the ratio of 50% for me and 35% to you, while we will collectively donate the remaining 10% to contirbute to "Tsunami Relief Course",while the remaining 5% would be used to compensate both parties for any incurred expenses in the course of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following information to me. A. Private telephone number and fax number.B.Your postal/residentialaddress.C.Identification/Occupation. Further details awaits you upon a positive response from you. Yours faithfuly, Charles Brown

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