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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: "Jeffery Koran" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jefferykoran@ddicland.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:23:09 -0500
Subject: REPLY SOON

Good day to you,may the love and blessing of God almighty Allah be upon you and your house Holds.
 
I Naturally know that this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not met, Please permit me however to introduce myself; I am Jeffery Koran a white Zimbabwean Farmer, currently in hiding out of Zimbabwe for a life safe on the killing of farmers here in Zimbabwe.I am writing this letter to you for help and cooperation with Godly mind of assistance to help me relocate out of this country, I have funds ($20.5M) to invest in your country. I am contacting you as the need for me to have a foreign partner in your country has become necessary due to my plans to relocate to that country so that I can purchase some land and start farming business all over again and start a new life in your country,my contacting you is that i need your cooperation and good interest to help me out in this process and be a life safer for me because i don't have anyone or i don't have anybody oversea to help me and that is the reason why i contacted you. If you are interested and willing to assist me (for a 25% commission)
 
I will be very happy if you can just help me out and think of God the Almighty Allah with a good faith and trust to assist me in this transaction and we can both be a good partner and a good family friends,because you will be the one to help me through the investment of the farms and also to help me buy a house for my living.
 
I will give you more details when I hear from you. You can click on the links below to get a better understanding of my situation and why I need to move out my money in this country to safe my life: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1068528.stm
 
Please reply to my private email jefferykoran@ddicland.com
 
Best Regards,
Jeffery Koran
 

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