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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: "Alfred Tagro" <alfredtagro@centrum.sk>
Reply-To: alfredwilliams10@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 09:24:15 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Orphans neesd your help!




Dearest Respectfull One,

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. This is the
second time I am writing you this same letter though I know it may
surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous
correspondence between us. My name is Alfred Tagro, the only surviving son
of Dr.Desire Tagro,former interior minister and a great politician in Cote
d ivoire political arena. Because of my father's sincerity with our former
president Mr,Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire. My father Mr.Desire Tagro
was assasinated by the rebels of the new president Mr.Allasane Quattara
during the political war in our country.Now the war in our country is over
with the help of UNITED NATIONS,but the present government of Ivoary Coast
has revoked the passport of all officers who served under the former
regime and now ask countries to expel such person and at the same time
freeze their account and confiscate their asset.

My purpose of searching for you and contacting you is for you to help me
secure the funds left behind by my late father, to avoid it being
confiscated or declare unserviceable by the Bank where this fund valued
$21.5000,000.00 (Twenty One Million Five Hundred Thousand US dollars) I
really need your help to transfer this fund to your bank account because
you have the same deposited name which my father used in depositing the
fund to avoid any eyebrows. And this makes this transaction very easy and
100% risk free.

So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone trustful or related to my
father documentally have proved abortive. Hence, I have found you after a
long search. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the
Bank as the next of Kin/beneficiary of my late father's fund, since you
have the required names for this transaction, so that the proceeds of this
fund can be paid to your bank account.

The reason why I am sending you this mail is because of the way I found
you and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of transfering the
funds to your country for onward lodgement in your account and for the
purpose of future investment were there is stability of Government,
political and economic welfare.I assure you that this transaction is 100 %
risk free as no other person knows about this funds apart from me and my
little sister.I will send you the Authorization Certificate to call the
bank in my next mail which is the Certificate of deposit that they gave my
late father on the very day he deposited the funds in the bank.

I give thanks immensely for your co-operation as I look forward to hear
from you soon for quick conclusion of this business.


Best regard
Alfred Tagro


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