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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr. James Alfred" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesalfred2015@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 16:26:41 -0800
Subject: Get back to me urgently

Sir/Ma,


I am contacting you for a mutual business transaction involving Five Million and Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$5,500,000.00)hoping that you will reply me at your earliest convenient for a possible business relationship on how to actualize this mutual benefit.On the 26th of August 2011, my client husband and their Two children were involved in UN building blast here in Abuja,My client and his family unfortunately lost there lives.

PLEASE VIEW THESE WEBSITES BELOW TO CONFIRM

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14677957
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/26/nigeria.un/

I want us to claim the fund Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful,hence I contacted you.I will secure all paperwork and process the release of the fund to you as the bank have given me a mandate to provide the next of kin for the claim of his estate.Send your FULL NAME, ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBER so that I will give you a call for more information in details.Call me on +234 815 628 7837 for more information in details.

As soon as I hear from you, further details will be send to you.

I await your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,
Barr. James Alfred
Lagos -Nigeria

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