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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: grace haji <grace2000haji@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Honey this is the contact of the bank for any proof


Dearest,

Sweet heart how are you, I hope you are doing well , I am also doing well,I am very happy my love I will also like to see you face to face,i like you very much and i want you to know that before i contacted you i saw your profile that you matched mine and you are the type of man i am looking forward to spend the rest of my life with.I am not going to give your love to anyother man you will satisfy me,so needless of looking for another man.

Please i have not told anyone except you about the existence of this money and i will like you to please keep it secret to other people because since it is (MONEY) all eyes will be on it.

Remember i trust you honey that is why i am giving you all this informations!.My love is for you and you alone,i will like to hear your voice just call the Reverend Paulson the person in charge of the place where i am and tell him that you want to speak with me and he will sendfor me immediately. You can call Reverend Paulson via 002216959013 and ask him the best time to call me.

I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the laws of this country.You will have 15% of the total money helping me and the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your choice.

In this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information,tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my 4.5 million dollars deposited by my late father Dr Haji of which i am the next of kin to your account in your country.
The contact informations of the bank is as follows,

BANQUE ISLAMIQUE DU SENEGAL
Telephone : 00 221 353-08-92
Fax number: 00 221 521 18 42
Email : banqueislamiquedusenegal@inMail24.com
Email : banqueislamic@gawab.com
Address : DAKAR SENEGAL WEST AFRICA
Person in contact: Mr Ahmed Douf

Contact them now darling on how to transfer the 4.5 millon dollars deposited by my late of which i am the next of kin.

I have maped out 15% for your assistance and 5% for any expenses that might come up in this transfer.My dear iam glad that God has brought you to see me out from this situation and i promise to be kind and will equally need you in every area of my life plus investing this money since i am still too young to manage it.

As i told you before,this camp is just like a prison and my prayers is to move out from here as soon as possible.Please make sure that you contact the bank so that after the transfer you can send some money from that money for me to prepare my travelling documents to meet
with you in your country.

Awaiting to hear from you soonest!.

Yours forever in love,

Grace





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