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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: "INFO@ANTHONYDUKESOLICITORS.ORG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anthonydukeandco1@mail.mn>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:57:01 -0700
Subject: YES WE CAN, REPLY NOW

Dear Partner,
 
My name is Anthony Duke, a personal attorney to an foreign national and a consultant with Oil firm, Delta Oil & Gas Inc: (Now deceased) He
died in the china earthquake in 2008. Years ago, My Client successfully executed a contract for the Federal Government worth
Eighteen Million Three Hundred Thousand dollars. A part payment of Nine million dollars was paid to my client, while the balance of Nine
million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars was still unpaid before he died in the Szechuan china earthquake on his vacation. However, all my
efforts to locate his possible next of kin proved abortive. Until his sudden demise, He was not married and was 38years.
 
 
The new elected Government is fully paying all foreign contractors who have successfully executed their contracts and my client is among
those benefited in this first quarter payment schedule which has already been deposited in his bank. His bank has officially notified
me to forward particulars of my client's existing relative with notarized papers within the next 14 working days so that he/she can be
paid the outstanding Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand dollars otherwise his payment will be diverted to the government coffers
account as unclaimed bill.
 
 
Since all my efforts has been unsuccessful to locate any of his relatives since 2008, I decided to contact you for a deal so that we
can work together as a team to approve the money to you as my client next of kin since I do not want to seat back and watch my client hard
earned entitlement to go down the drain.
 
Once I hear from you we shall discuss more of the details and the sharing ratio of the fund. kindly reply strictly with your personal
Telephone number for effective communication and oral clarification on how to proceed. You can also reach me via email on
anthonydukeandco1@mail.mn
 
Sincerely yours,
Anthony Duke

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