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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: Angela Brice <angelabrice21@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Angela Brice <angelabrice12@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:09:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings to you my dear, please permit me to introduce myself to you, I'm Miss Angela Brice only daughter of late Dr.fabrice Brice, im 21 years old As I am writing you and recently My Beloved Dad join his ancestors through the hands of evil politicianas who accused my father of supporting the past president Laurent Gbagbo who is now in prison in Holland and since then the rebels and supporters of the present government are seeking a way to eliminate my life after assassinating my father and by the grace




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