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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: randy nnaji <randynnaji0001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <randy_nnaji001@yahoo.co.kr>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:32:05 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY PLEASE



Dear Sir, It is my great pleasure to write you. I am Randy Nnaji; a consultant with Union Trust Security Plc, and managing consultant to Mr. Butch Miguel. Sad enough, Mr. Butch Miguel died in a plane crash accident along with his entire family. Before his death he made a deposit of Four Million One Hundred Thousand United State Dollars, in this Trust Security Firm, though all in Bond deposit. It has been a long time since nobody came to claim the fund. The Trust head of management therefore ask me to produce a relation of him. This is the reason am contacting you; to enable you assist in claiming this fund as the next of kin to late Mr. Butch Miguel. As the managing consultant, I have all the information to secure this fund into your personal bank account and be assured there is no risk involved in claiming of this fund. Please, mail me your reply strictly based on your interest. I look forward to hearing from you. Best regardsRandy Nnaji.
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