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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: "Donald Holford" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:06:15 +0100
Subject: Your Answer

Dear, I do believe this message will be red without any thought of harm attached. You might be wondering what this letter stand for or reason while you have been picked among the Billions of people on earth. However, my original intent is clean as I want us to seize the opportunity to invest and share fortune together. Let me introduce myself as it will look unwise if I don't mention whom am I.My name is Capt.Donald Holford, from Opelika, Alabama. I am among the UN Soldiers that went to protect the Libyans citizen against the dictatorship of Murmmar Gaddafi Government. My team serve as UN soldier sent to Libya during the crisis that lead to Muammar Gaddafi's death. I personally discover Thirty One Boxes in one of his security chambers, as a professional trained soldier, i was able to break in and carry four of the boxes which I later findout contained Fund and Golds. With the involvement of two of my colleagues in the process we took some boxes and now we are looking for a sincere partner to assist us receive this boxes after which we can share the funds and Gold. The physical cash is $120Million Dollars, while the Gold is $40 Million Dollars. We shall agree on what percentage will be for you upon your acceptance to be our partner. Meanwhile, this must be kept secret only to yourself alone. You can see in this link one of the reason's we believed that made him to hide boxes of money in his chambers. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35939788 Reply to this mail if you are ready to work with us. Yours Respectfully, Capt. Donald Holford.

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