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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: Farheen Laurent <farheen.laurent@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:13:47 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Help And Also Benefit From Me


Greetings,

My name is Farheen Laurent, my father was a partner to the former minister of Finance in libya, though my families died during the last war in libya because of our former president decision not to come down from office after many people protested for him to step down.

Now ,I am a refugee in Burkina Faso and I want you to help me claim the family treasure worth 2.5 million dollars (USD) my late father deposited in a security company, I must be 25 years before i can claim the money; that is why i want you to claim the money as my late father's family friend and you will help me to arrange travelling to your country or another for a better life after you receive the money from the security company because life with me here in Burkina Faso is very difficult and I am not use to the kind of hard life that I am experiencing here.

More over the country is undergoing some political issues that may eventually cause problem in the country, so i really want to be out of here before the election in 2015 to avoid another problematic encounter here and in my life again, because the people here also want the president to come down now.

if you are interested to help me .pls reply to ( farheen.laurent@gmail.com).
Please send me your information below for me to take to the security company for the release and forwarding of the family treasure to you.

Your full name:
Your private telephone number:
Your passport or identity card:
Your country:
Your occupation:
Your sex:

Thank you as i expect your urgent reply.

Kind regards,

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