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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: "Accountant Sir John Rees" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnrees_business@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:01:45 -0700
Subject: Investment Proposal(Urgent Respond)

Dear Friend

Before I go further I will like to introduce myself, I am Mr.John Rees , a citizen of United Kingdom England and I am an Executive Accountant with the America Department of Minerals & Energy. I am presently on working Course, in the UK, lasting seven months before I return home. I apologized using this medium to reach you, but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt respond that I anticipate from you.

The reason why I am contacting you is that another colleague of mine, an accountant with the same- America Department of Minerals & Energy, has informed and requests me to help seek for a Africa European Asia individual or company that would be interested to come into a joint venture cooperation with us in establishing investments on our behaves as an OPEN HEDGE FUNDS manager.

Within the Department of Minerals & Energy where I work as an Executive Accountant and with the cooperation of my colleague Mr.samuel Hall cooper, who is also a top official, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty Seven Million U. S. Dollars (US$27,000,000.00) which we want to transfer with your assistance and cooperation to receive the said fund on our behalf. More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the America civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.


This amount US27$million represents the balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which I and my colleague over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance total of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application of claim for the transfer of your contract entitlement.

My colleague,Mr.samuel Hall cooper, has my authority and backing to proceed and effect the transfer of this funds to your custody as soon as you notify of your interest and capability to be our open hedge funds manager. Should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25% of the total US$27million, 70% for us and investments projects, that would establish with you, 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

Endeavour to contact me directly immediately, if you are interested, so that I can give you more details and introduce you to Mr.Samuel Hall Cooper who will handling the transfer process with you from America . You should indicate your interest or not in this transaction to enable me scout for another foreign partner to be our open hedge funds manager. I want to assure you that my partner and myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in this business. I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation. I will give you my confidential mobile number where you can reach me

at any time as soon as I hear from you.

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Yours faithfully,
Mr.John Rees
Reply Me at:johnrees_business@hotmail.com

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