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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: "Mr.Fedex Sounouvou" <fsoun2015@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:19:15 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU IN THIS DEAL? PLEASE FOR MOER INFORMATION.

I am Mr.Fedex Sounouvou, the manager foreign remittance department
bank of African in Burkina Faso. I will like you to indicate your
interest to receive the transfer of us $19.3 million. 6o% for me and
40% for you, you will stand as next of king to my late customer who
died in plan crash living no body behind. i will like you to forward
the information bellow to me if you are interested.

1) Your full name............
2) Your age........................
3) Marital status.....................
4) Your phone number...............
5) Your fax numbers...................
6) Your country............................
7) Your occupation........................
8) Sex............................................

Please for more information copy my email to notify the sender ok
(mr.fedex_sounouvou160@hotmail.com)
Waiting to hear from you soon
Mr.Fedex Sounouvou

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