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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: "FROM LT COL FAIZAL AJAM JAWAHEER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fa.jawaheer@inteligweb.com.br>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:26:45 +0700
Subject: FROM LT COL FAIZAL AJAM JAWAHEER

Dear Sir,

How are you doing? My name is faizal ajam jawaheer, the chairman
Mauritius National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, a governmental outfit
established for a complete commitment to the total fight against drug
trafficking and money laundering in Mauritius. I am contacting you based
on the need for a foreign associate in this business transaction.


In August 2008, exactly one year now, my men and I cracked down a notorious drug cartel in Port Louis, During the crack-down, the drug lord and his gangs put some strong resistance when they engaged my men and I in a open gun battle resulting to several loss of lives including that of the drug lord and 10 of his gang members and two of my men. In the process, we searched his mansion and found 54 kilograms of cocaine and Also to our shock and amazement, a sum of US$67Million Dollars cash was found in the safe in his private security room, we have declared all the kilograms of cocaine and sum of US$30Million Dollars to the government as the exhibit/ evidence and decided to keep the remaining money for ourselves pending when we will get a reliable partner whom we will trust to do business with.


I and my three men agreed to maintain sealed lips on the money as we saw this as once in a life time opportunity to enrich ourselves, this remaining US$37Million Dollars have been keep in a hiding place because due to the nature of our job as a public servant, the government, press, monitor our bank account, so it is impossible for us to deposit the money in any bank here, or think of making bank to bank transfer, therefore, we have thought it wise to move and invest the money oversea under the care and management of a foreign associate whom we trust.


It is true that we have not meet each other before, we don’t know you before, but we believe that only trust and business move the globe around. It takes nothing to know one another, you can only know someone through approach, so we believe that only mutual understanding is what we need to champion this transaction to success.

For further communication and explanation on the modelities to champion this transaction to success, kindly send to me your full name, your email address and your telephone and mobile phone number so we can open up communication, do not entertain any fear as all the modalities to move this money out of our country is made waiting for conclusion. You can reach me with your full information via my private mail box, fa.jawaheer@inteligweb.com.br

I am waiting to hear from you.

Yours Faithfully,
Lt Col Faizal Ajam Jawaheer.

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