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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: <hardersrudi111@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:12:07 +0800
Subject: Get back to me as soon as you can

Good Day Dear,


I hope you are doing great today, This is the second time am sending you this letter, the truth is i got your email contact on the internet and decided to contact you regarding this business proposal.

I am Dr.Rudi Handres head of accounting and audit department, I am writing you from my office which will be of immense benefit for both of us.

In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of US$16,500.000.00 (Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Moises Saba Masri, a Jewish mogul from Mexico that was a victim of an helicopter crash on 10th January 2010 killing him and family members, Mr Saba was 47-years-old, also in the chopper at the time of the crash was his wife Adela Tuachi, their son Avraham (Alberto) and his daughter-in-law Judith, The pilot was also dead.

The choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of where you live particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come up for the claim of the fund but unfortunately all efforts has proved abortive. I personally has been unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives or next of kin to Mr Saba Masri. I therefore, seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 16.5 Million USD can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 58% to me and 42% to you.I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we are about to make with the bank. All I need is to fill in your names on the documents and legalize them in the court here to prove that you as the legitimate beneficiary. Also, I need your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you of a 100% success in this deal, Please be rest assured that this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.

If you are interested in this DEAL, kindly provide me the following Details

1. Your Full Names:
2. Your Telephone and Fax Number:
3. Your Contact Address:
4. Your Age/Gender:
5. Your Job/Occupation:
6. Your Private Email address
7. Your Nationality

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting, Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more information. Please let me know your decision rather than keeping me waiting.

Best Regards,
Dr.Rudi Handres

Head of Accounting Audit Department

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