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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: "=?iso-8859-1?q?pauljaja1@eresmas.com=20?=" <pauljaja1@eresmas.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:29:24 +0100
Subject: From The Desk of Mr. Paul Jaja.


From The Desk of Mr. Paul Jaja.

Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.Paul Jaja; I am the chief Accountant of a bank here=20
in Nigeria. I would want to use this medium after going through your=20=

profile to seek for assistance in a business transaction which is of mu=
tual=20
benefit.

A foreigner late Mr. David Soper who is from United State, an Oil=20
Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his d=
eath in a ship=20
mishap, who banked with us at our Bank and had a closing balance of US$=
21.=20
million, which the bank now expect any of his available next of kin to =
claim.

To this regards, I have been directed by the board of Trustees of the=20=

bank to notify the diseased next of kin, which I have done and found ou=
t=20
that he has no next of kin, which means that this funds will be lost to=
the=20
government, which we all know will be stolen. In order to avert this de=
velopment,=20
myself and some of my trusted colleagues in the bank now seek your indu=
lgence=20
to have you stand as late Mr.David Soper?s next of kin so that the fund=
=20
will be subsequently transferred and paid into your foreign account.

On indicating your interest, all documents and proofs to enable you get=

this funds will be carefully worked out and we are assuring you a 100%=20=

risk free transaction. You will be allowed to retain 30% of the total a=
mount
after the transaction. If this proposal is okay by you, and you wish to=

take advantage of the trust bestowed on you reply this mail through any=

of the below email addresses to enable me furnish you with relevant=20
details to this transaction.
Best regards,
Paul Jaja.


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