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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: "Yusuf Kamara" <yusuf-mara12@hotmail.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: yusuf-mara01@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:23:06 +0000
Subject: Salam-aleikum,

Salam-aleikum,
I will be pleased if only you pay attention to what i have to tell you,I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused. I have choosen to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.first of all i apologies for any inconveniences this mail might course you.
I am pleased to introduce a business opportunity of transferring to your overseas account the sum of($ 10.500 M USD). Ten thousand five hundred Million United States Dollars from one of the Prime Banks here in Dakar Senegal.
I am Yusuf Kamara (Bsc,Msc) the Auditor General of one of the prime banks here in Dakar Senegal , during the course of our auditing , I discovered a floating funds in an account opened in our bank since 1982 and till date no body has operated on this account, after going through old files and records, I discovered that the owner of this account died years back in an air crash along with his family without leaving a[His/WILL], hence the floating of the funds and which if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of the account was a foreigner , Engr. Rahim . S. Taha, an estate consultant.
Therefore ,with a personal conviction of trust and confidence ,I wish to contact you as a foreigner, to stand as a relative , thus I can work out the release of the funds , No other person in the office knows about the account , please be rest assured of the risk free , I'm the one that will work it out , all I need is your co-operation, due to the account content can not be approved to an indigen here as his next of kin, according to the file content.
At the conclusion of this project ,i propose a joint investment of an equal partnership to you or we may share it at a ratio of 45% for you and 45% for me 10% for the transfer expenses which can be spent by you or me. One more thing please; I beg you not to consider this against moral justification , they are other aspects of life in which we may contribute this funds to help the less privileged and the needy in a society than having it shared as an unclaimed bill among Government PLEASE .
I look forward to your earliest response.
Yours Truly
Mr Yusuf Kamara.


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