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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: Letter From Felix <felixw_11@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:51:31 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear


Dear .Please help me I'm in serious problem now and i prefer you as =
foreigner to standby me as my relations or partner outside Africa to be in =
good relationship with honesty.
I hope you will never betray me at last, My most required concern is for us =
to establishing a long lasting relationship for our future.
Since the assassination of my late father by unknown gunmen, my life has been =
uncomfortable here in Africa, and also because my uncle Mr Alex is very =
wicked man and claim most of my father=92s local valuable properties and =
tracing about my father bank accounts since after my father=92s burial.
So I am contacting you because my father warned me to be careful about his =
Uncle Alex .
So my dear, i want to explain some secret to you and i don=92t want any =
other person in my country or elsewhere to hear about this my father secrets =
, because I wouldn't want anyone including my uncle Mr Alex to know about =
this money, because he ask me many times if i know any Bank where my father =
save his money , that he want to make sure that all the money is in his =
control save for me till i finished my school to make use of it ,
Honestly i deny to him that i don't know any bank of my father and he don't =
tell me any thing about his money .
Because if he knows that my father money deposited outside our country my =
life would be in danger and he will trace the money and claim it .

If it's possible for you, I would like you and me to see face to face so we =
would trust each other first , and travel together go to the Bank where my =
father deposited this money and told them to transfer all the money to your =
account in your country , i have all the deposit documents of the money and =
my father told me all secret about his money he deposit outside our country . =

My aim of contacting you is to assist me in two ways, first to help and =
transfer this money to your country and secondly to help me invest it in =
your country base on your professional advice and acceptance to assist me.
I can send copies of the deposit documents if you wish and for your =
verifications . Please write me back , many things i would like use to =
discuss about , because this money is too much and all in united state =
dollars , Worth's Nine millions united state dollars.

Please, i wait for your reply to know if you accept to help me then we =
discuss how much i will give you out of all the money after helping me , know =
that money is not very thing , so i want us to agree on your percentage =
before doing any thing and to be like one family advising each other .
Please feel free to ask any question you might need to know about me .
>From .
Felix

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