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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: Nana Boateng <georgebenson22@post.sk>
Reply-To: Nana Boateng <nanabeotang1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:40:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Hi

Dear Friend,

I am a senior officer at my bank in Ghana, I have a business opportunity to propose you. We had a client whose name is Mr, P.V. OBENG he was the former Senior Presidential Adviser.He deposited a large sum of money with our bank ($9.4Million Dollars)without next of kin. Eventually, died on 17th May 2014 at a result of hart attack . I want to introduce you to the bank as the next of kin to permit the fund to be transferred into your name and your bank account, you will take 50% of the total money as your own share.If you are interested contact me at my email only with your name and phone number.

Thanks,
Mr.Nana Boateng
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