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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: anita abdel <anita.abdel@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 00:47:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Please consider my request,


Greetings my dear,   How are you today, with hope you are found in good condition of health? I am Ms. Anita Ghazi al-Sadiq Abdel Rahim, Originated from Southern Sudan, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my present situation here in the refugee camp for your rescue and also for a business venture/project which I I need your assistant in this business establishment in your country as my foreign partner as well as my legal appointed trustee , i know this mail might come to you as a surprise because you don’t know me, but due to unsolicited nature of my situation here i decided to contact you for help and investment assistant in your country as my foreign partner, please bear with me, My father was the former Sudanese Minister for religious affairs. He and other Top government officials were among the 32 killed in plane crash, when they Were on their way to South Kordofan for an Eid al-Fitr celebration, to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The plane crashed on 19 August 2012. And that was what sent me away from my country as i made my escape only by the special grace of Almighty god, You can read more about the crash through this site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19310609
 My dear, haven’t meet with you before I intend to disclose this to you with trust as a top secret which I believe you will never turn me down neither disclose it to anybody until everything is successfully done I will relocate over to your country. Before the death of my father, he told me that he made a fixed deposit of the sum of Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($9.500.000.00) in one of the Banks here in Burkina Faso, with my name as his legal biological next of kin, which I confirmed his statement positively from the bank. But on my arrival to the Bank to withdraw the fund, the Bank foreign Operation Department Director whom I meet in person told me that my father instruction to their bank is that the fund would only be release to me when i present a foreign trustee/partner who will help me and invest the fund overseas after the transfer, and the bank ask me to go and look for a foreign partner. However my dear i want you to understand very well that, I am only soliciting your help and assistant for transferring of my inheritance fund into your bank account and investment assistance in your Country as my legal appointed trustee as the bank mentioned and it will be my intention to compensate you with 40% of the total fund for your services and help and 5% for any expense that may arise from the bank after the transfer then the balance shall be my capital in your establishment which you are going to establish there in your country or position as my trustee and manger. I have suffered lots of set back as a result of my parents death. I left Southern Sudan, because of incessant family funds. Presently, I am currently residing in Christ De King Refugee camp here in Ouagadougou Capital city of Burkina Faso. Hence, I want to settle in your country to further my education and spend the rest of my life. Please consider my request as my life is being hugely affected. Thanking you a lot in anticipation of your quick response. I will give you details in my next mail after receiving your acceptance mail to help me. Yours Sincerely Anita Abdel.

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