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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: Leonalda de Oliviera <neonalda.marthinho@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:40:39 +0200
Subject: Please read very well and get back to me......

Dear Friend, This letter is for you, please read very well and get back to me my names are LEONALDA DE OLIVIERA MARTHINHO, Originally from Angola but working with a bank, here in Ghana called First National Bank Ghana I made a discovery of an unclaimed funds belonging to a late customer who died in car crash with his family 7 years back and there has not been anyone coming for the claim and the bank rules stated that if any relative of a deceased customer did not show up for claim for such long time, the bank will confiscate the funds to it’s treasury, the time he deposited the funds is closely to time the bank confiscates abandoned funds, so i want to present you as the rightful beneficiary to the funds because his name matches with your last name. The fund amounts $1.2 Million USD When the bank transfers or delivers this fund to your account/address, we shall share it 40% for you and 60% for me as the insider and initiator. First I shall prepare an Trusteeship agreement which I shall sign and send to you and you shall print it out from your computer system, sign your portion and send it back to me via email attachment. The purpose of this agreement is cover and protect both of us from any form of betrayal of trust. Please Kindly send across to me your personal details listed below to show your interest and prove your identification so i can give you details on more steps to follow. Full Name: Home Address: Occupation: Phone Number: Age: Gender: Country: Once I confirm the authenticity of your details, I shall go ahead in preparing the agreement and once am done, I shall send it to via email. I need your kind and positive response regarding this letter, Reply to my personal email address; neonalda.marthinho@gmail.com Yours sincerely Marthinho

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