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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: peter jennifer <peterjenniferkonan6@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <peterjenniferkonan2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:12:58 +0200
Subject: From Peter and Jennifer Konan



From Peter and Jennifer Konan
Dear Friend, Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your name and contact from your country directory. Please i need a reputable and trust-worthy person that can help us to transfer this money out of this country. I am Peter and my sister name is Jennifer the children of the late DR.John Konan. Our father was a very wealthy Gold Merchant in Monrovia the Gold Capital of Liberia, he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. Our mother died after the birth of my junior sister and since then our father took us so special. Before the death of our father on OCTOBER 2005 in a private hospital He secretly called me to his bedside and told me that he has the sum of US$8.5 million dollars (EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) which he deposited in a bank and He also explained to me that it is because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates that i should seek a foreign partner in a country of my choice where we will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management.We are honestly seeking for your assistance in the following ways. 1. To stand as the beneficiary of these funds since am 21 and my sister is 16 years.
2. To arrange for us to come over to your country to further our education and to secure Residence permit in your country for us.
3. To assist us transfer the money from the bank to your account in your country as my late father foreign partner and the beneficiary of this money. Please i want you to assure us that you will not betray us when this fund enter your account over there. Moreover, we are willing to offer you 10% of the total sum as compensation for your assistance after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account. I believe that this transfer will be concluded within 3 working days, as soon as you contact the bank were the money is deposited i assure you there is no risk involve, your roll is to act as the beneficiary of the money and it will easy the transfer of the total money to your account.
Best Regards,Peter and Jennifer
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