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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Santos Joachim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <afreenschreiber@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:34:51 +0200
Subject: Hello

Sehr geehrter Herr, ich muss wegen Verletzung Ihrer Privatsphäre entschuldigen. Ich bin Herr Santos aus Benin Westafrika arbeitet derzeit in Multi-Millionen-Dollar-LNG Benin, damit ich diese Gelegenheit, um über Rechnung auf einem lukrativen ausländischen vergebener beeinflussen durch mein Büro und haben konnte ein Vermögen im Wert von rund $ 9million USD durch aufgeblasen über invoice.The Auftragnehmer anzuhäufen wurde ausgeschaltet und ließ mich mit dem schwimmenden Summe in der lokalen Bank hier bezahlt. Also ich schreibe diese Mail an Ihre Hilfe zu suchen, um Sie als Geschenk Subunternehmer, so dass Sie erhalten die Rechnung über Fonds und wir teilen es 40% 60%. Mailen Sie mir an (afreenschreiber@gmail.com) Wenn Sie Interesse haben, Partner mich in diesem Geschäft also, dass ich kann Ihnen alle Informationen Sie akzeptieren das Beste aus meiner persönlichen Zusicherungen dieser Transaktion sind absolut risikofrei von allen, was Sie denken Hoffnung, von Ihnen zu lesen.
best regard
Herr Santos Joachim
Dear sir , I must  apologize for infringing on your privacy  .I am  Mr Santos  from Benin West Africa currently working in multi-million dollar LNG Benin so I have this opportunity to influence over invoice on a lucrative foreign Contract award through my office and was able to amass a fortune worth about $9Million USD through inflated over invoice.The contractor has been paid off leaving me with the floating sum in the local bank here . So I writing this email to seek your assistance to present you as a
sub contractor so that you can receive the over invoice fund and we split it 40%  60% . Email me at( afreenschreiber@gmail.com ) If    you're interested  to partner  me in this deal  So that I can give you comprehensive details Do accept the best of my personal assurances as this transaction is absolutely risk free from all what you may think Hope    to read from you.
best regard 
Mr Santos Joachim

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