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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: MARK GRIFFITHS <jocpete@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <markgriffiths@Safe-mail.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 13:15:03 +0000
Subject: ARE YOU AN ENTREPRENEUR?


Hello:

I am Mark Griffiths,personal secretary to Mohamed Al-Fayed,an Egyptian billionaire business magnate in UK who was the former owner of Harrods mega mall that he sold for £1.5 billion and Fulham Football Club ,an English Premiership Football club that he still sold for $300million. Presently he is the Chairman of Hôtel Ritz Paris.Mr. Mohamed Al-Fayed is looking for a lucrative business to finance, that is capable of producing 10% annual return on investment (A.R.O.I) from part of proceeds of his sales of Harrods Mega Mall and Fulham Football Club.

If interested, please write and forward your detailed business plan for his review,and approval.He can make available liquidity ranging from 8 to 9 digits in US dollar after his meeting physically with you to finalize.

Thanks,
Mark Griffiths.

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