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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: CABINET FINANCE <cabinetfinance2010expertise59@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <cabinetexpertisejuridique@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:19:00 +0000
Subject: FINANCEMENT (FINANCING)



A votre attention,

C’est avec un rEel plaisir que nous prenons contact avec vous afin de vous faire part d'une opportunitE d'affaires et pour laquelle nous recherchons un ou des partenaires sErieux et confiants.

En effet, nous sommes un cabinet financier qui reprEsente et travaille pour le compte d'un groupe d'investisseurs composEs de riches hommes d'affaires et d'entrepreneurs A la recherche de partenaires capables de les aider et les assister A placer et investir d'importantes sommes d'argent hors du BEnin.

A ce jour, nous vous adressons ce message afin de solliciter votre assistance et collaboration pour l'investissement de Quarante Huit Millions de Dollars AmEricains (48.000.000,00 US$); vous serez donc leur conseiller et leur reprEsentant dans votre pays pour l'investissement de ces fonds dans des activitEs commerciales gEnEratrices de revenus et les orienter vers les opportunitEs d'affaires fructueuses conformEment aux dispositions juridiques et lEgales en vigueur dans votre pays.

Si notre proposition vous intEresse, nous vous prions de nous contacter expressEment tout en restant A votre disposition pour des dEtails complEmentaires.

Cordialement,

Le responsable.

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With your attention

It is with a real pleasure that we take to contact with you in order to you in order to make you share of an opportunity of businesses and for which we seek serious and trustful partners.

Indeed, we are a financial and law firm which represents and works for a group of investors made up of rich person businessmen and contractors in the search of partners able to help them and assist them to place and invest important money sums out of Benin.

Today, we address this message to you in order to request your assistance and collaboration for the investment of Forty Eight Million American Dollars (48.000.000, 00 US$); you will be thus their financial adviser and their representative in your country for the investment of these funds in generating commercial activities of incomes and to direct them towards the profitable business appropriatenesses in accordance with the legal provisions in your country.

If our proposal interests you, contact us expressly while remaining at your disposal for complementary details.

Cordially,

The Chairman.

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