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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: Mark Whitehall <markwhitehall98@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <markwhitehall@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:43:56 +0100
Subject: Dear Chandler, Can i trust you?



Dear Chandler,
Please, do not be offended if this message comes to you as I ought to have sought your consent and approval before e-mailing this proposal I acted as I did due to the importance and urgency of this business. Which ever way you may look at it, let it please you to respond quickly either negatively or positively. I am Barrister Mark Whitehall, a solicitor at law. I am the personal Attorney to a man who has same last name with yours and a national of your country, who used to work with a shipping company in Togo. herein, referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and his three children were involved in a car accident along sagbama express road .Unfortunately they lost their lives. Since after the sad incident, I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but without success. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to search for someone who has the same last name and from the same country with my late client in the Internet. The name of the individual will be used to claim his money at the bank as his next of kin . I have therefore contacted you to assist me in claiming his money before it gets declared unserviceable which will result in it being frozen and confiscated by the Finance Company that this huge deposits were lodged It is at this finance company that you will claim my client money as a relation of his. Of great importance is the fact tha last week, the finance company where the deceased had an account valued about 15.85million USA . Since my past efforts have been unsuccessful I hereby seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name with him . This will enable us to secure this $15.85million dollars which will be paid to you. At the end of the transaction you will be entitled to USD 5 MILLION DOLLARS and me USD10.85MILLION DOLLARS.Subsequently,there is nothing to fear about as I have all Necessary legal documents that will be used to back up the claim of this money. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a egitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. For successful transaction, you have to feel free to send to me your telephone and fax numbers with your full contact information. These i will be used in forwarding the claim in your favour as the next of kin. Best regardsBarrister Mark WhitehallPlease you can send your reply through this e-mail: markwhitehall@yahoo.fr
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