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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: N <Nathan4@motoharax.cn.tn>
Reply-To: <tijansong@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:06:19 -0800
Subject: Very Urgent,

Hello My Dear in the Lord,

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody like me, whom you do not know before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation. You should please consider the transaction on its content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came by your contact information because there are many such possibilities these days. I would like to introduce myself as Mr. Nathan Fernandez, of United Arab Emirate (DUBAI), widower to Late Mrs. Ruth Fernandez manager Dawoo in Madrid Spain. Before she dead in a plane crash, she assisted one Captain, an American army in Iraq to move some fund from Iraq to Dubai and immediately the transaction was conclude every party collect his share of the deal, that was how my wife came across this fund presently in the bank now in USA, I have been recently diagnosed Cancer of the Pelvic. I am writing to you now from my sick bed because of how this transfer is urgent to me. There is $6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred United State Dollars) in my wife account with BOA of which I am the next of kin and now with my health condition I am looking for a credible person that will not betrayed me to whom I will pass the right of next of kin because I have no child.

This person will apply to the bank and request for the transfer of the fund to his/her bank account. This is on the condition that you will take only 30% of the fund for yourself, 10% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 60%for the less privilege people in the society. This is in fulfillment of the last request of my wife: that a substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less privileged. If this conditions acceptable to you, you should contact me immediately with your full contact information Below;

Your full name...................................................,
Your Address....................................................,
Your Telephone and Mobile Numbers........,
Your Occupation.................................................,
Your Age............................................................,

I will ask our family lawyer to prepare the authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to the account in the bank. I will also give you a text of the application Letter you are to send to the bank.

I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time the fund will be transferred into your account, but you should please ensure that the fund is used as I have described above.Looking forward to your immediate response to this my email and also your information’s if you are willing to assist me on this project. Reply me on my private email : tijansong@yahoo.co.jp

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Nathan Fernandez.
NB:This mail was from the Capt.,,,, 5 years ago.you can check the link below.
(((My name is Capt,,,,,a member of the ARMY Medical Team, which was deployed in Iraq. I would like to hold back certain information for security reasons for now until you have found time to visit the BBC website link stated below to enable you have an insight into what I am saying and am believing it would be of your desired interest to be part of this deal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm )))

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