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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: "jan.jurek2@neostrada.pl" <jan.jurek2@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: usmanmohammed12@rocketmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:25:16 +0800
Subject: I SURVIVED FIRE ACCIDENT

Plead for mercy
 
Please sorry for intruding your privacy but i would have not if i have control over the situation at hand
 
I am Usman Moahammed a 14year old boy and a survival of fire accident that took place in UK
London
Our resident was accidentally burned and in the process we lost our parents late Abdullah Mohammed
41, and mrs , Aysha Mohammed 39
I and my young sister 9year are the surviving children of our parents and now we are facing a lot of
difficulties as we are out of school at this young age and also face hardship in every area of life
 
We contacted you based on the fact that our late father has a some invested deposite with a financail
company in Asia because of his will that says we cant have asses to the fund unless we have come of
maturity age or better still under the supervision of an authorized adult.So we plead on you to help us
stand as the authorized mature supervisor to claim the fund
 
We will be happy if you will consider and help us as you will consider your own children as we want
to return school in your country while you help us invest the money until we are through with our
education
 
Now we want to know if you care to help us like your own children?
If you will need any percentage share of the $5,6million we shall be kind enough to offer ?
 
We humbly wait your reply as we put our trust in you for our happiness
 
Usman and Sheba Mohammed
 
 
 

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