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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?TUlTUywgQUJJR0FJTCBGT0xB?= <rafaelstudart@terra.com.br>
Date:
Subject:

A= m Madam.Abigail Fola, Special Agent at Western Union Dakar Senegal,i sincer= ely apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail,instead= of a certified mail, post-mail, phone or face to face conversation,it's du= e to the urgent and the important of the security information, Sequel to th= e Conference we hold yesterday with the Anti-Corruption, Financial Crimes D= akar Senegal investigators, regarding over 11,000 financial frauds we have,= of which Your name and Email address is among the victims listed.
I sen= d you this message because the Federal Ministry of Finance Senegal Cooperat= e with the (IMF)international monetary Fund approved a Funds to compensate = the victims listed, If you are interested kindly contact the Western Union = Head office Dakar Senegal immediately with your Full Name to enable them af= fect you the compensation Fund US$2.5 Million, or you come over here in per= son, contact the head office both on Phone and Email Address to enable them= communicate with you financially on how to received your own payment US$2.= 5 Million,however provide the below details and send to them.

Your F= ull Name:.....................
Your Country:.......................
Y= our Direct Phone Number:..........................
Your ID copy:........= ..........................

The Head Office contact:
w.headoffices= enegal@yandex.com
Telephone: +221-765 911 065
Fax No:+221-338 246 539=
Respectfully write them to notify you more information on how to claim = your own payment,let them know that you received an urgent letter from me, = Madam.Abigail Fola western union money transfer agent Department Senegal be= cause you are among of the victims.
Regard
Madam.Abigail Fola
west= ern union money transfer agent Senegal.
Office Address: Canal 5, Avenue = George Pompidou, Dakar, Senegal

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