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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=42=69=61=6E=63=61=20=4C=65=77=69=73?= <b.lewis5@walla.co.il>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 11:47:21 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=46=72=6F=6D=20=42=69=61=6E=63=61=20=4C=65=77=69=73?=




From Bianca Lewis


After you read this my message please get back to me through my email

id below ( biancalewis147@hotmail.com)


Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business

relationship with you.I am writting you this message with tears and

sorrow and i know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we

have not known or written before. My name is Ms Bianca Lewis i am from

Sierra Leone in west africa but presently i am now in a country called CoteD'Ivoire where

my late father deposited this fund .I am a orphan girl of 21 years

old, I wish to invest in manufacturing and real estate management in

your base, this is because Inherited an important sum from my late

father who was poisoned to death recently.

My father was a 16 years economic operator,director in his Company My

father was a very good business man and also a politician here in my

country, he was poisoned to death by his business associates and also

his fellow politician on one of their business trips recently.Before

his sudden death, He called me on his bedside bed at the hospital in

my country Sierra Leone in west Africa and he told me that he has a

sum of $6.5 Million USD deposited in one of the prime bank here in

Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire In west Africa , that he used my name for the

next of kin in depositing of the fund.

I am going to give you 15% from the total sum of money once it arrive

to your account and 5% will be set aside for any expenses that may

occur during the transaction.


Awaiting your urgent reply to this my email id if you want to help me and know more about me ( biancalewis147@hotmail.com )

Regards

Ms Bianca Lewis


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