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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: John Mochu <mr.johnmochu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: John Mochu <wanderojugba@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:59:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Investment


 Compliment of the season my dear friend, 
I hope that my proposal will not affect your believes or religion; I am Mr. John Mochu from Benin Republic, West Africa. I have no option than to contact you on trust and confidence for this business deal as it requires a team-work with a foreign partner more especially as you bear the same last name with the client. 
I represented a client who passed on due to accident and I believe with your assistance and for the reason that you share the same last name with my client, we can receive the investments/deposits of my deceased client (Fourty Five Million Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which he left in Firm before his death. 
Hence i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be claim from our bank here because they are planning to convert the amount into the bank treasury which is according to our banking laws and I do not want that to happen. Because I know that this money will change the life of a lot of less privileged people instead of being converted into the bank treasury. 
If you agree to my business proposal, you should send my e-mail to my private e-mail; (johnmochu@lenta.ru) and my telephone number is; +229 9409 2616. Further details of the business will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail. 
Please contact me if you can handle this kind of business, we do not consider age or sex in this kind of business, what matters to me is someone who can keep secret and follows instructions. I am hoping to hear from you soon. 
Yours sincerely 
Mr. John Mochu

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