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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: "Nabi IC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nss010c@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 23:45:36 -0000
Subject: Hello Dear read and reply urgent.

Hello Dear,

I need you to assist me in a claim of $6,200,000.00 USD, this is a genuine business and 100% risk free, therefore, we MUST remain faithful in the deal because i cannot complete it alone without the support of a foreigner, and for your role in assisting me to achieve this success you will have 30 percent of the total sum while the rest 70 percent will be mine. Please kindly indicate your interest with assurance of trust so that i will give you full details on how to carry out this claim.

Kind regards,
Mr. Nabi.

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