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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: Mr john dossu <john.dossu7@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:42:00 +0200
Subject: With due respect sir,

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With due respect sir,

I am sure that this mail will come to you as a surprise,but as you read,you
will understand the reason why I am contacting you. Rafik Bahaa Edine
Hariri (November 1, 1944 - February14, 2005), married to Nazek Audi Hariri,
was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon,and was five times
Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992-1998 and 2000-2004) before his last
resignation from office on October 20, 2004.The late Rafik Hariri died on
February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were
detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the
Lebanese capital, for more information please view these links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rafic_Hariri) and (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafic_Hariri).

Few weeks before his untimely death,he personally made a deposit of(Four
Galvanized Trunk Boxes)containing $350M cash in an Indonesian bonded Vault
for safe-keeping.He declared gold bars as the content for security reasons.
Fortunately and Coincidentally,the Manager of the Vault is a close friend
of mine.He confided in me few days ago that we can now collaborate to take
delivery of the cargo since the depositor did not state any person as the
next of kin on the documents he completed during the deposit.He further
said that by law,any deposit unclaimed for a period of ten (10) years would
be tagged UNCLAIMED and confiscated by the company hence the plan for an
immediate evacuation.Please note that there are no risks involved.
Let me stop here for now. I will discuss further details with you once I
get your favorable response.

Best regards,

Mr John Dossu

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