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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: "George Daniels" <uzowuru33@chico-doris.de>
Reply-To: <julietgindard2222@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:18:52 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED,FROM LIBYA

ATTENTION:Sir/Madam
 
I am GEORGE DANIELS,Personal Account Officer to Engr.Richard Lindel
 
who is an Australian-American Oil consultant/contractor with the Oil
 
Mining Corporation in Libya,as you can see in the news about Libya
 
Government uprising to remove the dictator President Muammar Gaddafi.I
 
seek your assistance to help me out of this crises and isolation.On 6th
 
July 2011,Mr Richard Lindel together with other experts engineers where
 
involved in the sub- way explosion accident that happen in oil mining
 
center few month back All occupants unfortunately lost there lives on
 
that train accident.Since then I have made several inquiries to all
 
embassy to locate any of my client's extended Relatives which has also
 
proved unsuccessful to me since this few month.
In view of this I got your contact  through a trade journal when I was
 
making a research on a foreigner,After several unsuccessful attempts,I
 
just have to contact you to assist me in confidence in repatriating the
 
money and property left behind by Mr Richard Lindel before they get
 
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the BANK,where he made huge
 
deposits,which he had an account valued at about 8.2million dollars,the
 
bank have issued a notice to me as his mandated personal accountant to
 
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated since the bank
 
total reserve has been forwarded and taken over by Union Bank plc
 
international UK, who now have new board of directors

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