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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:34:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Susan Martins


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: s.msusan@rocketmail.com



- Hello Sir/Madam, My name is Susan Martins ,I am from Liberia and my father was a King and also deal on Gold in Liberia but Because of the political problem in the country he was kill by President Charles Taylor and I and my mother run to Ghana to stay in the Liberia Refugee Camp in Ghana .My late father deposit two boxes in a security company in Ghana as a Family Tressure but the security company dont know the content of the two boxes. One of the box content cash of $12.5million usd and the order box content 150kg of Gold . My late father has a agreement with the security company that if he pass away the two consignment boxes will not be release to me or my mother but a foreign beneficiary/partner who will invest it in oversea and my mother is papare to give you 30%per from the two consignment box, if you can help us recieve it in your country ,so that will can live Africa to oversea to start a new life there. Your faithfully daughter. Susan Martins.


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