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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: "Prest Charles"<jeffgreen1@myway.com>
Reply-To: prest_charles49@yahoo.de
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 07:17:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject: PROJECT


Dear Friend,The purpose of this letter is to briefly introduce myself and I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.My name is Mr Prest Charles,I work in executive capacity with CARGO HANDLING &amp; SECURITY TRUST COMPANY in London (UK) I joined the services of this company in 1988. I decided to contact you believing that you will become my overseas Business assocaites in acquiring an investment placed under our management more than seven (7) years ago. I have worked with this company for over 20 years, within this period of time I watched with meticulous precision on how Head of State and government functionaries have been moving huge sums of money with the aid of their foreign partners abroad. They bring in these consignment and declare the content as jewelries, Gold, Precious Stones, Family Treasure, Documents,etc.These people have at one time or the other deposited consignments with us and their foreign partners, relatives
and Next of Kin are Claiming most of these consignment and a lot more are laying here unclaimed for as much as 7 years, as no available information to anybody except the depositors, and most of them are dead. Since the inception of the year 2004,the Management changed the procedure of claiming of consignments.As soon as you are able to produce all the information as contained in the secret file of the company as regard the consignment, it will be released to you upon demand. From our records, more than 10 consignments belonging to these people has been claimed in the past six months and this is why I am seeking for your co-operation and assistance to help execute this pending deal which has been unclaimed for so long as I know no one will ever come forward to claim it because the deceased left no next of kin.The amount in question is very small compared to what my office has sent overseas for this people. I will provide all the documents needed for this purpose as I was the
account officer who handled most this transaction on behalf of this client. For the release of the consignment, the company will invite you for the collection, or you may insist that the consignment be delivered to you instead. I hope to hear from you to enable me provide you with the complete picture of this deal. Furnish me with the following Full Names/Mailing address/Telephone and fax numbers. Expecting your urgent Response. Mr Prest Charles

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