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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: "Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mribrahim01@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 22:41:18 -0700
Subject: HELLO

I Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde the chairman of ECONOMICAL FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION, in connection with Economic Community of West A f r i c a n states (ECOWAS), head Office in N i g e r i a. We have been working towards the suppression of fraudsters and scam in Western part of Africa, With the help of United States G o v e r n m e n t and the U n i t e d N a t i o n s we have been able to tracked down so many of this scam artist in various parts of West A f r i c a n countries which includes (N i g e r i a, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, CAMEROON AND SENEGAL) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos N i g e r i a.

We have been able to recover money from these scammers. The U n i t e d N a t i o n s Anti-crime commission and the United State G o v e r n m e n t have ordered that the money recovered from them should be shared among hundred Lucky people around the globe. This message is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here in N i g e r i a. You are to be compensated with $2.500, 000) via Central B a n k of N i g e r i a n Certified B a n k D r a f t via cash collection in any of our paying centers. According to the record we have here, this Scam Artists has defrauded a lot of people of their hard earned currencies, as they claims to be Barristers/B a n k officials, Lottery Agents who has money for t r a n s f e r or want you to be the next of kin of such f u n d s which do not really exist.

Full Name.......Home Address...Mobile Phone Number.....Sex.....
Age....Occupation......C o m p a n y Name......Business Name........I’d Card....
Thanks and we appreciate your kind response.
WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE.

Keep me posted,
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde.

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