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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: Mis Annas Clement <annas_clem2011@msn.com>
Reply-To: clement_anna@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:43:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dearest Respectful,




Dearest Respectful,
 I am very sorry If I may have intruded into your personal contact without your permission, I am writing you this message with tears and sorrow of what political crisis has caused to me and please for God’s sake I want you to consider this my proposition and rescue me out of this critical condition that I am facing here because my life is at stake in this country.  I will give you further details about me and the reason why I am seeking for your partnership to relocate to your country with my inheritance and to invest in your country. I discovered my late father depoited huge amount in a Bank for fixed deposit, I will need your assistance to provide a very good account to transfer the funds into your country so that you will assist me to invest the money over there in a good business. It's total $2.5Million USD.
 
I will explain everything in detail concerning this fund as soon as I receive your mail. My Love and Regards to you
Miss Annas Clemen

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