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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: "Miss. Sulia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sulia235@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:52:59 +0100
Subject: Sir/madam, Please I have a raw Diamond for Sale !!!!!

Sir/madam, Please I have a raw Diamond for Sale !!!!!
 
My name is Sulia Mobeen. I am the eldest daughter of my parents. My late father is an illegal diamond minner. He died accidently six month ago. But recently while cleaning up his private room after six months of his death, as culture and tranditions here demands,i saw a small raw diamond hidden under the matress of his wooden bed. According to a family friend who happens to be a school teacher in our local community school, the raw diamond can cost up to two million British pounds if sold in a foreign land. I don't known if what the school teacher said is true because i don't know much about diamond and the pricing. All i need is to sell it out as quickly as possible because it is a crimminal offence here for anyone to be in possession of a raw diamond without the authority of the government. If such a person is caught, he/she will be charge to twenty years imprisoment with hard labour.
 
Therefore, i want a trusted and relaible person who can buy or help me to sell out the diamond before anyone could know.
 
If you accept my offer, then get back to me with your contact mailing  address where i should send the diamond to you but remember that it will be your duty to pay for the courier service fee because right now, am still finding it hard and difficult to eat and survive with my five younger siblings my parents left behind for me because my mother died while giving birth to our last born who is just four years. Now my father is gone too but we have to survive. This is the more reason why am taking the risk to sell the diamond to have enough money to take care of myself and my little brothers and sister because i don't want to hand the diamond over to government. Besides, by the inquire i made, the courier service cost will not be more than US$185 to any country from this Northan part of Nigeria where am sending you this email.
 
I have no cell phone, no computer. I am sending this email to you from a public cyber cafe. 
 
So please! please!! reply back only if you are interested in this offer and ready to pay for the courier fee as stated above but if you are not interested then please don't bother to reply back. I don't need junk emails please. .. THANKS!!.
 
 
Wishing you all the Best.
 
Miss. Sulia

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