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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: "ehaton@skymail.mn" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ehaton@skymail.mn>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:53:00 -0700
Subject: Please reply with your business plan.

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
 
Please my Bahraini boss/brother is looking for a proficient and trustworthy business-minded person who would make difference and be capable of handling a joint venture investments with him, he intended as a result to invest £Millions of British Pounds into the business provided you can guarantee us the security of this investment capital in your company/country.
Moreso, he is ready to facilitate and fund any business that is capable of generating 10% annual return on investment (AROI). If you can be interested and business-minded as I stated herein and financial and educational capable of managing joint venture investments of £Millions of British Pounds, please apply immediately with your business plan/curriculum vitae and contact details,
I would go through them then send it to him in Bahrain Kingdom and have him go through them as well and would get back to you later if it's what he want. Please reply me and I will inform him in Bahrain Kingdom to contact you for our possible business co-operation and joint venture investments, whereas a range of loans can be considered. I am looking forward to receive your reply, 
so kindly forward to me your business plan,proposals/curriculum vitae as well as the amount you required for the investments, it’s very vital if you are seriously interested.
 
Thanks.

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