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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: "=?big5?q?MR.PAUL=20SCOTLAND?=" <mrpaul722001@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: mrpaulscotland2003@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:58:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From The Desk Of MR.PAUL SCOTLAND


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- From The Desk Of MR.PAUL SCOTLAND UBA BANK PLC LAGOS Plot 245 Adeolu Hope wall Street Victoria Island Lagos-Nigeria Private Email: mrpaulscotland2003@yahoo.com.hk TElephone : +234-807_054_0659 Good Day, I am Mr.Paul Scotland Branch Manager with UBA BANK PLC LAGOS NIGERIA,I discovered an abandoned sum of ($25.5 million u.s. dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Engineer.Ronald ,a contractor with an Oil Development company in Nigeria (NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLUEM CORPORATION), and,who here-in after shall be referred to as my client,on Sunday 2ND February,2003,18:50 GMT my client,and his family were involved in Ikeja bomb blast unfortunately they lost their lives in the process of the bomb blast. Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature. For confirmation of this transaction please refer to these sites: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law. I look forward to hear from you Call +2348070540659 immediately for more information so we can make progress. Please indicate your interest so i can supply you with the full story. communication email. Kindly reply to this email address(mrpaulscotland2003@yahoo.com.hk ) Mr.Paul Scotland.


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