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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: Rickie Lewis <scopepainting@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <habinaghazi@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:07:48 -0400
Subject: Please read and get back to me immediately




Hello I am writing this mail with tears and pains, hoping that my situation will touch your heart for you to come for my rescue. I know this letter might come to you as a surprise because we have not met each other before, I am Miss. habina Ghazi Al-Sadiq, 19yrs old Female a citizen of South Sudan,East Africa . My father Engineer Ghazi Al-Sadiq was the former federal Minister of Guidance and Endowments and other Top government officials among 32 killed in plane crash on 19, 08, 2012. You can find more of my story through the, http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/19/world/africa/sudan-plane-crash
After the death of my father, my step-mother and uncle conspired and sold my father's properties and shared the money among themselves and leave nothing for me. Meanwhile before the death of my father he deposited a sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ($4.5M) in one of the banks here in Burkina Faso, and my step-mother and uncle are fighting to claim the money without my knowledge. I traveled down to Burkina Faso to claim the money so that I can relocate to another country and start a new and better life and further my study. I need your help to receive the money and help me relocate to your country and after that i will give you 30% of the $4.5m for your help. if you are interested in helping me kindly send your reply to my personal email address: habinaghazi@yahoo.com I am waiting for your response.Miss. habina Ghazi

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