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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: "drhabibghazi01 Gazeta.pl" <drhabibghazi01@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 07:12:56 -0700
Subject: Transaction From Dr.Habib Ghazi, Tel:+229 97761423.


*Dear Sir / Ceo ,

I am Dr.Habib Ghazi Senior Accountant & the Auditor General Manager of BANK
OF AFRICA, of the Federal Republic of Benin. I work with BANK OF AFRICA in
Cotonou Benin Rep. It is my wish to solicite your assistance in a business
opportunity that will be benefited for you and I.*

*During our investigation and Auditing in my Bank, in my department I came
across an abandoned sum of money ( Eight Million One Hundred Thousand US
Dollars) In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer late
MRS.F. A Shafiq , a citizen of Lebanon who died along with her entire
family.*

*I wish to know if we can work together. I would like you to stand as her
Next of Kin to a Fixed Deposit of US$8.1M which she made to our Bank. She
died and left nobody behind as her Next of Kin.*

*Please get back to me through my private email address below , If you are
interested to know much about this transaction :
**drhabibghazi02@yahoo.ca*<drhabibghazi02@yahoo.ca>
* *

*Dr.Habib Ghazi.
Tel : +22997761423 *

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