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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: "Mr. Aroh Dipson" <andrew@naigainitto.com>
Reply-To: "t.mark34@yahoo.com" <t.mark34@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:07:12 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Account provision for transfer of $45 million USD





Good day,

Account provision for transfer of $45 million USD

My name is Mr. Aroh Dipson, Chairman Ecowas contract dept reconciliation / appraisal boards. I am contacting you to inquire from you if you can assist me safeguard funds amounting to $45 million United States Dollars left by our late foreign contractor whose provided address could not be traced since he died along with his families.

You will be presented as the next of kin to the deceases to enable our organization transfer the money to you. Since it is not compulsory that the Next-of-Kin must be a blood relation to the deceased nor the same nationality, hence I contacted you, be informed that a Next-of-Kin can be anybody, friends or organization etc. At the end of the transaction, you will be compensated with 30% of the money.
This transaction is 100% risk free but should be kept secret and confidential due to my position in Ecowas.

I will give you more details about the transaction when I received your affirmative response. You can contact my confidential secretary Mr. Tom Mark at his secured E-mail address:

Note: Due to my position now, I have the deceased contract file with me in case of any question from our organization when the deal started and also the process to put claim on the funds as the next of kin will be legally processed to avoid any breach of law of our countries.

Thanks for your understanding, looking forward to hear from you soonest and also include your private phone number in your reply for easy communication.

Yours faithfully, Mr. Aroh Dipson.



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