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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: James Tambo <ja.tambq@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <james_tambo@consultant.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:03:59 +0000
Subject: Collaboration



Attn: I discovered a dormant account in my office, as Auditor with a prime bank in Africa. It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth Eight Million United States Dollars in an account offshore. If you can be a collaborator/partner to this please indicate interest immediately for us to proceed.

Remember this is absolutely confidential, as I am seeking your assistance as the beneficiary of this unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to operate a foreign account,I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not let me down. I look forward to hearing from you with your full name and address and contact phone number asap. My Regards,James Tambo
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