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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: "Paul Jones" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:42 -0800
Subject: It Very Urgent

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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.anarchem.com/index.html">
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<br>
Dear Sir/Madam, <br>
<br>
I am Paul Jones, Admin Marketing Manager of Allied Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Our company now supply and exports Pharmaceutics, Agricultural, Consumers,
Textile and Chemical Engineering Products for world trade. <br>
<br>
We are searching for individuals or a company who can act as our
representative/payment agent in your country and earn 10% of every payment
made through you to us. For more information and details reply immediately and
furnish us with the your details as stated below.
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">FIRST NAME??????????&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
SURNAME????????????</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">ADDRESS?????????????????????????????..</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">CITY??????????????..&nbsp;&nbsp;
STATE?????????????..</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">ZIP CODE????????????..&nbsp;&nbsp;
COUNTRY???????????...</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">PHONE NUMBER (S) ???????????????</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
???????????????</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">GENDER???????????..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MARITAL
STATUS????????..</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">AGE?????????????..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
NATIONALITY??????????.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">ID NUMBER (Optional) ??????????.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Jones.<br>
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pljones84@gmail.com

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