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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: fred jacks <fred_jacks25@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <fred_jacks_2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:30:03 +0000
Subject: From Fred Jacks



Hello Friend,
Allow me to introduce myself to you, i am the only son of my parents , my father and mother are dead, they died as a result of war in my country sierra leone, in west africa. as a matter of fact, my father was a director of sierra leonean oil mining co-operations, before my father was killed, he told me that he deposited the sum of $6, (SIX MILLION US DALLARS) in bank here in ABIDJAN IVORY COAST .
He said that he deposited the money to be an inheritance for me in case of emergeny or death, now i have succeded in locating the bank in Abidjan and they are saying that i have to provide to them my foriegn partners banking informations for the transfer or that i should instruct my foriegn partner to contact them, this has been a problem to me because i don't know any one abroad, i have even been under going through sufferings because i lost my parents, now i am contacting you to stand for me as my foriegn partner to enable the bank to transfers the money into your account so you can help me invest the money over there in your country,

I am willing to offer you the 10% of the total money for your help, i will also like to come over to your country after the investments of the money so i can finished my studies in education. please help me it is easy and legal to do this with me, i promise to give you any information you require.
I waith in joy to hear from you. kindly reply to ( fred_jacks_2007@yahoo.co.uk)
Your best Regards,
Fred Jacks.
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