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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: "faeqah8 Gazeta.pl" <faeqah8@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:44:56 +0100
Subject: From Mr Nejad.


Dear SiR/ Ma,

My name is Faeqah Nejad, I am the Regional Manager of the National Bank of
Dubai , Dubai Media City branch, Am awfully sorry if this letter does not
suit your business or personal ethics. I got your contact during my search
on business/ dealers and real estate internet search and as my mind strongly
tells me that I can trust you because I desperately need someone I can
trust, I am 48years of age and married with 3 lovely kids, I have a business
proposal that I need a trusted person who can help me out, I promise you
that you are not going to regret doing business with me, I only hope we can
assist each other mutually, If you don't want this business offer kindly
forget it as I will not bother you again.I have packaged a financial
transaction that will benefit both of us,as the Regional Manager of my
branch, it is my duty to send our end of year financial report to our head
office in Baniyas Deira Dubai-UAE (main office of NBD) at the end of each
year,in my financial report of last year, I carefully set aside a huge
amount of money from the total profit made by the Bank, this fund was in a
suspense account in my branch,but i have succeeded in lodging it outside
this bank safely.

As the Bank Manager, am not supposed to be directly connected to this fund,
this is the reason why I need someone like you, who I can trust, you are to
stand in as the beneficiary to this deposited funds or as next of kin and
claim that your business partner made the deposit before his death,
meanwhile I will furnish you with the amount involved and all the necessary
details to back up your claim if you are actually interested in the deal,It
is 100% risk free and my 100% promise to you, some original details and
documents will be forwarded to you once I get your posative response, I
assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free for both parties.

The actual fact is that this kind of transaction goes on secretly in almost
all the Banks in the UAE but you have to be an insider to find out, The
sharing of the money with you will not be a problem for us as soon as it is
successfully transferred to your account becuase i know your part will be
enough, I beg you in the name of ALLAH not to turn against me once this
money gets to your account, because I really know that some people used to
change whenever they see me and start thinking evil, so If you are
interested in this transaction, please kindly assure me that you are willing
to handle it without thinking any bad against me later in this deal and I
will be waiting to hear from you.

Best regards,
Mr. Faeqah Nejad.

N:B. PLEASE DO TAKE YOUR TIME TO COPY MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW AND
SEND YOUR REPLY TO IT FOR SECURITY REASONS,THANKS AS YOU DO THAT. (
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