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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mong Hi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mong44@administrativos.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:28:36 -0500
Subject: RE

Permit me to introduce my self as Mr. Mong Hoi from Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong, I am very sorry to contact
you through this medium but please try and understand i need your attention first before i can go into details.
There is the sum of $12,500,000.00 in my bank and i need you to work together with me to claim it,we shall
then share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you and its 100% legal. Please get back to me immediately for
better explanation so contact me via email: mong44@administrativos.com thank you.

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