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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: "Drmath" <contato@consultecservtec.com.br>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:38:24 +0000
Subject: drmathsag@yandex.com



PLEASE REPLY TO ME HERE EMAIL: drmathsag@yandex.com

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not =
a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to o=
verseas account ($160,000.000.00 ) One hundred and sixty million US DOLL=
ARS from a prime Bank here in Abidjan. I want to ask you, If you are not=
capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be ca=
pable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a =
new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can se=
rve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till =
the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God=
that you will never let me down either now or in future
I am Dr Mathieu Sanogo , presently promoted to Auditor General in one of=
the banks here in Abidjan cote d'ivoire. During the course of our audit=
ing last week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the =
bank in 2010 and since 2015 nobody has operated on this account again, a=
fter going through some old files in the records I discovered that the o=
wner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floati=
ng and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited fo=
r nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Keith Lathan an American and=
a great industrialist and a resident of Alaska State, who unfortunately=
lost his life in the Auto crash in Alaska , which crashed on January 31=
2012, including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the =
money. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning =
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to =
me as well that the account is a secret account.
The total amount involved is One hundred and sixty million US DOLLARS on=
ly [160,000.000.00 DOLLARS ] and we wish to transfer this money into a s=
afe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner; I am only=
contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to =
a local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the ac=
count, which I shall give to you upon your positive response. I am revea=
ling this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in =
this business, you are the first and the only person that I am contactin=
g for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you =
the next step to take urgently. I need your strong assurance that you wi=
ll never let us down, me and a key bank official who is deeply involved =
with me in this business.
I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimat=
e arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. The bank=
official will destroy all documents of the transaction immediately you =
receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position=
and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this=
money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant mini=
stries and foreign exchange departments At the conclusion of this busine=
ss, you will be given 30% of the total amount, 70% will be for us.
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Best Regards Mathieu SanogoEMAIL: drmathsag@yandex.com


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