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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: konan johnson <konan_1johnson@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <johnson_konan@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:15:36 +0000
Subject: FROM KONAN AND SANDRA JOHNSON



Good day, I have come to you with a sincere heart believing in Almighty God that you will consider my plight and come to my help with your assistance to save my life and have my inherited funds transferd over to your country .
My name is Konan Victor Johnson and with my sister sandra johnson, I am 18 yrs old and my sister is 16 years old and we are student. Please I would like you to assist us as urgent as you can before they kill us and please take us as your children.our father was a wealthy gold dealer. This happened on oct-sept, 2006 when they discovered a very bigsome of money my father deposited in a Bank here, As a result of this discovery and the enviness of this money ,he was poisioned by his associates with the help of our relativest at his hospital bed ,he revealed to me the reasons of his sickness and told me that we should be care ful of our relatives.
Before my late father died he directed me where to get the documents of the Money deposit in the Bank, that he made me the next of kin being the only son .He advise me that if he dies , that we should not stay in our country because of our relatives will equally kill us hence our mother died five years ago of breast cancer. He directed me if he dies that I should look for a foreign partner who will help me to transfer his money into the person's account and the person will help us to invest the money in his country.
My father finally died on 5th of march this year and since then we was out of school and went into hiding because of my father's relatives. All the relevant documents of the $7.5 million us dollars that was deposite are with me now. I am ready to give you half of the money and the money also belongs to you, if you can help me transfer this money into your account for onward investment and the continuation of our education in your country cause i want to be a lawyer and sandra want to be a doctor
Please contact me immediately with the below E-mail address and send me the following infoirmation which i will take to the bank for the processing of the transfer and for me to get the bank contact and send to you,so that you will talk with the bank and hear from the bank.1 your full name2 your full address3 phone number4 fax I wait to hear from you soon,cause we have suufered a lot in hiding and seek,we will die if we go on like this cause we need to live this country before my wicked relatives see us and you can contact us ,you can contact me here.tell:+22501154556 or 0022501154556.Best regards from me.Konan V Johnson and my sister sandra.
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