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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: Alfarouk Files <alfaroukfiles01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:18:27 -0700
Subject: Re-Your Urgent Reply Needed

Dear Friend,


Please do not treat this as an unsolicited email, I have made so much
research before contacting you, I do know that you are someone special and
have decided to contact you in this personal confidential Issue.


I must express my proposal without reservation and I wish to tell you that
I have contacted you because of a transaction of 250kg of Gold/$4.5m
presently deposited in my company's vault by a deceased client, He died
along with his wife and two children in a car crash and since then no one
has come forward to claim his deposits, I have got your information from my
country chamber of commerce, so that we can work together and get the
deposits released to you.


I have contacted you because you can help me to achieve this, knowing that
in today world market,250kg of Gold is not a small money, your last name is
what has attracted me to contact you and i just need to know if I can trust
that whole amount of Gold to you for sale and we share the proceed.


The depositor of the Gold in question died three years Ago and my company
is not aware of this, he is a foreigner and have the same last name with
you, I happen to have some of his documents with me, I am requesting that
you will stand as his relative/partner, so that we can process the release
to you, this will only be known by both of us,as you need to maintain
absolute secret about it.


I am assuring you of 100% success and you do not need to come down here
unless you deem it necessary, I can get an attorney to represent you in any
dealings with the company, as an insider I will inform you on all to do to
get this done and I will also stand to attest that you are his relative
since I am the oldest serving staff in the company.


I want you to check this thoroughly and get back to me, I am very ready to
release the certificate of Deposit to you for you to go through, I will
implore you to have this deal accomplish with me and we need an urgent move
to secure this transaction.


I will wait to get your response,

Regards,

Alfarouk Tijani +233540782160

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