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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: paul david <p28david@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <paul5david@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 23:03:43 +0200
Subject: From Paul David



From Paul David I am Paul David, from Democratic Republic of Congo. we lost our Dad and mum a couple of months ago. our Father was a serving director of the Copper and Diamonds exporting board until his death. He was assassinated along side with our mother by the rebels following the political uprising in our country. Before his death he deposited the sum of US$21.8 twenty one Million eight hundred thousand United States dollars in a bank here in Cote D'Ivoire which was for the importation of hydroelectric and petroleum processing machine for the establishment of his own company. We are contacting you to seek your good assistant to stand as our late father's bussiness partner so that the bank will release the money to you, and you help us to invest the money into a very lucrative bussiness which you will help is to manager since we will want to continue our education from where we stopped because of the incedent of our parent death,for us to become more useful in future. I do not have any knowledge of investment that is why we are asking for your guidiance in this transcation. Our father had informed the bank during the time of the deposit, that the money belonged to his oversea associate but did not mention any name or person to the bank. I know that you will be very willing to assist me and my sister, Please, indicate your interest in replying back. We are prepared to give you 20% of the total money as your commission for the assistant. Please your are free to ask question wherever or for whatever you do not undestand very well. We look forward to your urgent and prompt response to this our request to you. Thanks and best regards . From Paul David
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