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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: "Austin Brendan" <noreply@familylobby.com>
Reply-To: <ab03229537@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 06:25:23 -0500
Subject: Please I Need Your Attention to this investment project,


Greeting,
My Name is Austin Brendan, I am reaching you with faith to solicit for
your kind assistance to help me achieve investment in your country, why
I have to contact you for this assistance base of what I am passing
through with my relative family problems which is my Uncle as a result
of inherited left for me by my late father, My late father is an
international dealer of Gold and Precious Stones / Real Estate when he
was Alive. He was poisoned to death by his brother's my Uncles because
of land dispute investment project, before the death of my late father
in the hospital bed. He requested for my present immediately through
his good friend, as I was the only son left for his second wife,
because my mother and I was rejected by my Uncles after several family
meeting as members of the family because of tradition culture in the
family.

So my late father have to advice me in his hospital bed to seek for a
foreign assistance to help me into investment with the fund he
deposited in the bank on my behalf as his only son and next of kin to
inherited the funds, my late father told me why he have to do this for
me as he son, despair my late mother was rejected, he want me to be far
from my Uncles and the safety of my live, I am reaching you concerning
the funds my late father deposited with a bank. I inherited the sum of
$12.7 Million Dollars from my late father. I will like to transfer the
funds in your country with your help to invest the funds into Real
Estate as my late father advice me. Right now I have verified the
deposited with the bank, as reason I am reaching you to help me move
this funds out for investment in your country as my late father do
advised me before he die. Please I do not know much well about your
country and investment as well good knowledge to manage the big money.
I will like you to scout for a valuable and lucrative business
investment with good profit in your country and not only Real Estate,
so that I can invest wisely with you, I will be very happy if you can
be willing to help me accomplish this investment plan as I have decided
to invest this money with you in your country and resettle for my
future and security through your assistance, after the successful
transfer in your country and the development of the investment, I will
rewards you 10% of the total funds as for your kind assistance towards
me,

Please this is the only inheritance that I inherit from my late father
in other to live in future, and I will like you to treat this letter as
urgent, may God bless you as you show concern, Please contact me
through my direct address at (ausbrendan2@yahoo.com) for more
information, anxiously waiting for your interesting reply!
Best Regards.
Austin Brendan.

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