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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: LEO EMIL WANTA <emilwanta@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <howardsmon@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:00:43 -0400
Subject: AMBASSADOR LEO EMIL WANTA- URGENT&CONFIDENTIAL.



AMBASSADOR LEO EMIL WANTA- URGENT&CONFIDENTIAL.
DEAR SIR/MADAM
This message might come to you as a shock, but l advice that you consider and treat it with utmost confidentiality. I am Ambassador LEO EMIL WANTA, former American ambassador to Switzerland during the President Reagan’s administration was illegally seized and incarcerated and held under house arrest from 1993 onwards in the context of a criminal conspiracy that was dramatically exposed when l was freed with effect from 14th November 2005.l am the legal sole principal and owner of the $27.97 trillion assembled in 1989-92 on US President Ronald Wilson Reagan's explicit instructions, to provide new cash funds for the management of the post-Cold War ‘global security environment, hence the reason for my incarceration, but good a thing that other G8 MEMBER NATIONS have come to my rescue by putting pressure on the present administration under G.W BUSH to release the funds to my company AMERITRUST INC,AS this shall restore back the faith of fellow Americans in their economy which they have labored for over the years., but the conspirators whom find themselves occupying the white house since after Reagan have made it impossible, hence the reason for the so many assassination attempts on my life, but then they must have come to their right senses as my death will mean that the funds shall never be repatriated as l am the only Trustor OF THE FUNDS as was instructed by the then President-REAGAN. While the war for the recovery wages on, l decided to make a secret arrangement with some officials of one of the European banks in custody of the funds to move part of the interests accrued to a vaults company for immediate claim on my behalf, HENCE THE REASON FOR MY CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME CLAIM THE FUNDS FOR SAFEKEEPING PENDING WHEN THE WAR OVER THE REPATRIATION SHALL BE OVER WITH PRESIDENT’S BUSH GOVERNMENT.
The amount involved and every other detail shall be made known to you upon your swift response indicating your interest to assist me. Reply only via email to my attorney in UK as given-SIMON HOWARD-EMAIL howardsmon@yahoo.co.uk.

SINCERELY YOURSAMBASSADOR LEO EMIL WANTA.
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