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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: boutros fatim <boutrosfatim804@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joomaboutros2013@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:02:38 +0000
Subject: I Need your Help

*Hello Dear FriendI send you this message to request your invaluable
partnership for the realization of a very important business that must be
treated in the discretion. I beg you to take note, without surprise with my
choice to take this opportunity to contact you.I apologize for any
inconvenience that my mail may cause you. But even if we do not know, I
think a true confidence can be born from our communication and thus to
foster a true partnership between you and me.My name is Boutros Jooma I am
Algerian and I live in Iraq. I am in this country for over 14 years and I
was serving Mr. Sheikh saab. My role is to ensure the proper functioning of
the residence in Mosul and take care of everything bills and charges. I was
sort of the butler and I was aware of several things my boss did and what
he was exposed. Mr. Saab had held several important posts in the country
and the world. It was 1993 to 1999, chief of the tribe of Sunni town
Hawija, Minister and also senator in his country. He was an influential
member in mediating relations between the United States and Iraq in the
1980s.He died on Friday, 5 July 2003 in New York at Cancer Center Memorial
Sloan-Kettering by heart attack. My boss asked me to follow the deposit in
a surveillance society and preservation of private property, means a
briefcase which contained the sum of $ 7,500,000 $ seven million five
hundred thousand U.S. dollars) He asked me to make that deposit in my name
and make him the report because he wanted a discreet and security for his
good. He asked me to codify the package as a family asset for security
reasons and to avoid problems with the government. Even the company is not
informed of the contents of the briefcase because it was coded as a family
asset so it's private.Before the war, my boss asked me to immediately
contact the company to bring out the package of the country because the
money was intended for outward investment. He wanted to build a hotel in
Saudi Arabia. It is based on information from the company they told me they
could put the package in another place but it will happen in Africa where
they're based specifically in Cote d'Ivoire. I thanked God because for me
it was better and that country is not far from Algeria it's in Africa. I
come to you to have your help to take out this briefcase from that country
and help me to leave Iraq. I want you to know that nobody knows nor his
family, since I was for a long time at their service during this reign
barbaric of this country and I did not have anything and i'm fed up to be a
slave. GOD does not sleep as he allowed that this property is in my
possession and I'm the only one who is informed of its existence.I want you
to know that your help will be not in vain because I planned to give you
25% of the total ($ 7,500,000). I hold all the information and document of
the existence of this property. Just let me know if you want to help me, so
I will give you the information on this property and the society that has
custody so that you can contact them and they will send you the package.I
want you to know that this is a diplomatic society so giving them a safe
address they'll deliver the package. Have in mind that the deposit's
certificate has no name and it will be easy for you to withdraw this
briefcase. I have no source of communication I only have a laptop in my
room for the discretion. I wish you could understand me.Thank you for your
understanding.Jooma*

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