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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: "Barr. Lewis Phillips" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrlewisp@live.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:34:10 -0700
Subject: RE: GOOD DAY DEAR FRIEND !

Good Day Friend,

How are you and your family doing? hope you are in good health, I am Barrister Lewis Phillips from Turkey, i am writing you from Jakarta Indonesia, i have a business proposition for you worth the total sum of $50,000,000.00 (FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) i may not know you in person but i need a honest person who understands business and what it takes to have such amount of fund in his or her possession, this business is based on a face to face meeting here in Jakarta, therefore if you are interested and willing to travel to meet with me here for us to sign some documents kindly get back to me via my email for more details.

I wait your urgent responds.

Regards.
Barr. Lewis Phillips
E-Mail: barrlewisp@live.com

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