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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: johnson peters <johnsonpeters27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jhnpeters30@yahoo.pl>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:03:35 +0300
Subject: URGENT REPLY


Greetings,

I sincerely hope this message will meet you well .

I am Johnson Peters and am contacting you on behalf of a friend working with the military in Iraq.My friend and his colleague secretly moved some abandoned Cash from one of the mansions of the late President of Iraq(Saddam Hussein) and as I write to you,the cash is Deposited with a security firm and he mandated me to seek your consent in transferring this money into a private or company account for investment purposes.

If you can be of assistance in this regard, kindly get back to me so we can discuss further.

Thanking you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Best Regards,
Johnson Peters
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