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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: "Santos Alexandre" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fisher.wan@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:22:25 +0200
Subject: PARTNERSHIP REQUEST

Hello

Compliment of the day to you my name is Santos Alexandre finance manager Banco de Espana,
i am contacting you to seek your partnership in a pending business project which i have
here in my hand and ready to be executed without hitches,i would give to you a more
detailed explanation of this project which i prefer to call a deal if i get your positive
response in agreeing to partner with me since this business is 100% risk free because i
have all the modalities fashioned out to give this business an excellent outcome.

In an attempt to throw light on this business deal,a month ago a Bahrain multinational company
opted an overdraft from our bank and it was over invoiced with an amount of Six Million
Pounds,thus i seek your partnership to enable me transfer this funds to your account for
both of us and i am open to negotiate your percentage so far you put in your utmost
attention and sincerity due to the nature of the business. Please if you are interested do
respond back to me via my private email: fisher.wan@aol.com
So we can discuss further on this.
Best Regards,
Santos Alexandre

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