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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=50=72=69=6E=63=65=20=54=61=79=6C=6F=72=20=4A=72?= <prince_taylor09@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:04:45 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=72=65=70=6C=79?=



Hello,
I am soliciting your kind assistance to be my foreign partner and Co-beneficiary for investment in your country, if you can assure me safety and trust of the funds as it enters your country. I humbling appreciate your time taken to read this proposal. My name is Prince Taylor Jr. from Monrovia, Liberia the son of former President Charles MaCathy Taylor, who was sentenced to life imprisonment at the International Tribunal Court of Hague. I came to know you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this project. I write you this letter in good faith as it pleases you.

My father deposited the sum of Twenty Million Dollars in a bank for safe keeping. So I need a foreign trusted person who will help me to invest this funds into any lucrative business.

Absolutely, I am writing to seek your assistance as a faithful person to stand and accept to receive this funds in your country as my foreign partner and my co-beneficiary of this funds.

Prince Taylor Jr.

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