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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: "Yahoo !" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <larryagbley@att.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 02:37:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Leter 7:02:32 PM HOJQITEZRC

Hello,
 
I am Mr. Larry Agbley, The Manager of Suspense Account Control Department of International Commercial Bank, Accra Ghana. There is a transaction I would like you to spare-head on my behalf in my Bank.
 
I discovered an abandoned cash of US$19.1 Million United States Dollar, belonging to our (Private Bank Customer) who is a Libya Gold Merchant that died during the Libya Crisis that end the decade ruling of Col. Muammar Gaddafi. The information contained in the file with our Bank shows that hisspouse and his Foreign Partner has the right authority to put claim, but unfortunately he died along with his spouse, but the spouse and the foreign partner name are not mention in his record.
 
Therefore, upon this discovery, I decided to contact you in order to collaborate with you as the Foreign Partner to the deceased so that these funds can be released and transfer to the account you will be nominated for this transaction.
 
Thereafter we will have favourable sharing, please remember that this transaction is strictly out of telephone communication, I will appreciate if you can let us handle it through email or fax for the main time, until our bank approve our claim.
 
Your cooperation with me we enable us to achieve our mutual objective. I will educate you on how the transaction will proceed upon your accept of my proposal. I will guide you through the question our bank may ask you during claiming process.
 
Thanks for your cooperation in anticipation.
 
Best Regard,
 
Mr. Larry Agbley

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