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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: "Mr. Ta Mauel" <tamanuel727@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Ta Mauel" <tamanumu@barid.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 06:27:57 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Request


 Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Ta Manuel, a citizen of Benin Republic. I am working in the International Operation Department in a Local Bank here in Benin Republic. On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a balance. Of (US$35.500,000.00) (Thirty-Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) on further discreet investigation, I also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away (dead) leaving no beneficiary to the account. The bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the account is a foreigner and from Libya in particular who served under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi and I am certainly sure that he is dead because since after the fall of the Gaddafi regime he has never been seen and there were no next of kin assigned to the deposit due to the nature of the deposit.

Any foreigner can put claim to this money with legal claims to the account Holder; therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.

I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this money, But you will need to open an account where this can be transferred. If interested send your private Telephone number and Fax including full details of the account to be used for the Deposit. I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached. I want to assure you that the transaction is without risk if due process is followed accordingly, we shall discussed about the other terms and sharing ratio as soon as we agreed to work together.


I look forward to a favorable response from you! I can be reached on the following email address for security reasons; tamanumu@barid.com


Best Regards,


Mr Ta Manuel.

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