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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: "daniel_neo.moroka@yahoo.com" <dan01moroka@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:28:50 +0200
Subject: Urgent Attention

Barclay's Bank,Botswana Barclay's House 6th Floor, Khama Crescent P.O. Box 500 daniel_neo.moroka@yahoo.com Attention Please.. I got your contact email address through a personal search and decided to let you know about his packaged, financial transaction that will benefit us. I am Mr. Daniel Moroka from Botswana, Chairman Auditing Committee with Barclay?s Bank ?For more information about myself, you can visit the stated web site for your confirmation (http://www.barclays.com/africa/botswana/board-members.html) On the course of the 2011 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the Chief Auditor had Fifty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand G B Pounds (55,500.000.00 GBP) of which no body/staff or director is aware of and will never be aware of, I have also PLACED this fund on ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT bank in our head office without a beneficiary. As the Chief Auditor, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am compelled to request for your assi! stance to receive this money into your bank account. I will compensate you with 25% as gratification while 75% will be for myself and one of my colleague involved. Please if you accept my offer, kindly contact me as soon as possible for more details. In course of this transaction, there are practically no risk involve because it will be a bank-to-bank transfer. Right now I am in Accra-Ghana for a month auditing with our affiliate bank here in Ghana. Here is the number to contact me at any given time of your choice. 00 233 543 760 331 after you must have get back to me via my direct email.( daniel_neo.moroka@yahoo.com ) I will appreciate your timely response. With Regards, Mr. Daniel Moroka. NOTE: Please if however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly delete this email in view of the confidentiality and let me know as soon as possible to enable me look for capable one

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