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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: Mr Faheem <dr.isam2@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrfaheem@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:10:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Can I Trust You? Your Reply Needed


3 Duchess Place 2nd Floor Hagley Road ,
P.O. Box 12461,
Birmingham B16 6AQ United Kingdom

Greetings,

I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics.But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.I discovered a dormant account in my office, as President/CEO of Islamic bank of britain. It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth £150,000,000 million in an account offshore. The bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner Late Mohammed Yousef Al-Qaradawi from Iraq . I am involving you to authenticate this claim and transfer the fund to your designated bank account.

If you can be a collaborator to this please indicate interest immediately for us to proceed. First transfer to your account Will be £50,000,000 million.
You will keep 30% percent interest of the total Fund.10% for charity both in here and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to settle expenses both parties might incure during the transfer process.

Your contact phone numbers and name will be necessary for this effect.Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a detailed information about the transaction.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is 100% risk and trouble free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking days.
Sincerely,

Mr. Faheem Ahmad
President/CEO


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