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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: "DAVID ALENJANDRO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david_alenjandro@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:24:46 +0200
Subject: RE: PURCHASED ORDER INFORMATIONS

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am sorry if this email intrude your privacy. I am David Alenjandro, a Colombian live and based in UK. I work with a big Colombian Oil merchant Alberto Lambert who had a heart attack at the cost of receiving the death news of his only next of kin. We tried all we could in support of his survival, but it was a lost effort. The death of my partner Alberto Lambert has made me to email you from your profile which i searched on google.

In the Financial company based in United Arab Emirates, he's worth of 750 million USD with proven proof of ownership is right in my possession. I know the password/code to retrieve this money from the Financial company. I can not wait to see this go just like that.

I know his soul and spirit will be somewhere watching me right now. I believe tacking an immediate action will be the best and using part of this money to support the arms would be nice too.

I have contacted you to assist me in transferring the money into another country business account entirely outside UNITED ARAB EMIRATE for a life time investment so that it wont have any trace.

The next of kin to the deceased which is his son is dead too so am the only one who can do this. But still would be in need of someone that we can both invest the money together. In my country. In your country if you are interested and in the deceased country Mr Alberto Lambert.

The $750 million dollars can be paid to your account then you and i can invest the money as you will own 35% and i will own 40% of the investment. The remaining 25% will be used to process all U.A.E governmental and legal charges.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me by my email for more information. Kindly reply me: david_lenjandro@outlook.com

Best regards,
David Alenjandro.

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