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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: "mrs.chantal" <mrschatan904@aol.jp>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 13:45:27 -0400
Subject: My Dearest Friend, private email address (mrsmaria@foxmail.com)






I am Mrs Maria, The chief auditor inbank of Africa )boa) Burkina Faso West African, One of our customers, with his entirefamily was among the victims of plane crash and before his death, he has anaccount with us valued at $10.5 million u.s dollars(ten million five hundredthousand u.s dollars) in our bank and according to the Burkina Faso law, at theexpiration of seven years if nobody applies to claim the funds a grace of oneyear also will be given before the money will revert to the ownership of theBurkina Faso government. My proposals is that i will like you as a foreigner tostand in as the next of kin or distant cousin for us to claim this money, andthe fruits of this old man’s labour will not get into the hands of some corruptgovernment officials who will later use the money to sponsor war in Africa andkill innocent citizens in the search for political power. Here is my privateemail address (mrsmaria@foxmail.com)

As a foreign partner which this money will betransfer into his or her account, you are entitle to have 40% of the totalmoney while 55% will be for me as the moderator of this transaction and 5% willbe mapped out for any expenditure that may incur during the course of thistransaction. Please note that there will be no problem as my bank has made alleffort through to reach for any of his relation but all was fruitless. Myposition as the chief auditor in this bank guarantees the successful executionof this (deal) transaction. Please send the following reply to This E-mailAddress: Email: (mrsmaria@foxmail.com) and

call me if you are instrested +22665369757 . Here is my private email address again (mrsmaria@foxmail.com)
(1)Your Name
(2)Your age.........................
(3)Your occupation..................
(4)Your full residentialaddress...............
(5)Your private phone and fax numberI await your
prompt response. Best regards,
Mrs. Maria
Email(mrsmaria@foxmail.com)
call me if you are instrested +22665369757



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