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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: committeonpayment3@committeonpayment3.onmicrosoft.com
Reply-To: cbncentralbank@accountant.com
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2015 14:07:52 -0500
Subject: HELLO FRIEND.


Dear Sir, I write to you via internet considering the fact that it is the e=
asiest way to contact people for business proposal.And it is also safe to d=
iscuss confidential business matter, believe me this is why i am contacting=
you believing that you may help in my financial predicament. Sincerely i a=
m a rich man but i have a little problem to balance up myself, if you share=
the problem with me on trust, believe me no matter your level of financial=
balance you will never forget me as one of your sincere business partner. =
I work with a state character a predicted political Juggernaut who always a=
spired to rule the country by all means in life to enrich himself more,anc =
in Africa our politician doe's not possesses political will but always want=
to be in power because they believed that political appointment values, to=
them is just a means to divert public funds. AS i write it is on air, the =
ex governor of Central Bank is confronting the minister of finance that und=
er her able supervision 30trillions dollars is missing and she should come =
and account for how, the money got missing without her knowledge,not only t=
hat series of such matters always on air at a point you will be surprised t=
hat the issues is like that of lion and gazelle the faster and stronger det=
ermine the survival. Base on the above paragraph i have decided to hold the=
bull by the horns me and my colleague have diverted large sum of money in =
millions of dollars to another bank, and we deposited the money and declare=
d it to the bank with the aims of investment purposes. And that, our main i=
nvestor will come for objectives purposes by the time he is through with th=
e feasibility studies. If you consider my proposal okay and sincerely ready=
to work with me please do not waste further time to communicate with me as=
soon as possible, because the contents of this proposal based on urgency a=
nd so therefor it deserved quick attention & time. Await your kind reply to=
move further to you with the details of the bank where we deposited the fu=
nds.reply with your bank details and your company latter headed paper to en=
able the bank authorized agent to write letter of claims on your behalf. Yo=
urs Faithfully, Mr.Hamza

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