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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: charles661@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:02:40 +0100
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED


CHARLES MADU
PLOT 5 VICTORIA GARDEN CITY,
LAGOS, NIGERIA.

Good day
and compliment,

A CRY FOR HELP,I am writing this letter in confidence
believing that if
it is the wish Of God for you to help me and my
family, God almighty
will bless and Reward you abundantly.My family and
I are true
Christians and worship\'s God truthfully.I got Your contact
through
Internet during my research on some one who could Help us.I am
a
student Of University of Lagos, Nigeria, I am 23 yrs old. My father

died earlier two months ago and left my Mother I and my brother
behind.
He Was a king, which our town citizens titled him before his
death I
was a royal child to him and I and my brother are the only
people who
Can take Care of his wealth now because my mother is not
literate
enough To know all my fathers wealth behind.
He left up to USD
12.350 000.000.00 million dollars with a security
Company,and I dont
know how and what I will do to invest this money
Somewhere in abroad,
so that my fathers kindred will not take over what
Belongs to my father
and our family, which they were planning to do
Without my present
because I am too young as stated by our culture in
the Town.

That is
why I felt happy when I saw your contact which I strongly
believe that
by the grace of God, you will help me secure And invest
this money.I
thereby need your help in bringing the box Containing the
money out
from the security company, based on your reply I Will furnish
you with
more details on how we can proceed.I am ready to pay 10% of
the total
amount to you if you help us in Securing this money and
another 10%
interest of Annual Income to you, for investing this money
for us,
which you will strongly have absolute Control Over.If you can
handle
this project sincerely and also willing to assist me In lifting
this
fund, kindly reach me and I will let you know the next Step to
take
towards actualizing this transaction as quickly as
Possible.Please,
note that this transaction is 100% risk free. I look
forward hearing
from you soonest.

Yours sincerely,
CHARLES MADU and FAMILY
ALTERNATIVE
EMAIL:charles_madu@sify.com


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