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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: "Files" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <globalfinacegroupsection102@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 16:41:00 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT

Hello
 
I write to advice you based on my discussion with our Legal adviser on Financial matters regards to the clearance of your pending funds.
 
You must be already aware of the high rise in money laundering and terrorist activities in the world today which has brought about strict scrutiny and investigations by monetary bodies especially of financial transactions involving such huge sums both locally and internationally, which has caused the delayed remittance of y our funds to you.
 
In a bid to ensure the success of this transfer, I decided to inquire from our Legal Adviser as to the most convenient and fast way getting your funds across to you.
 
The Legal Adviser stated that you must be obliged to open a fresh account in your name with the Financial Group, so that the transfer would be seen as an in-house transfer and as such would not attract the attention of strict monetary bodies that supervises the transfer of funds internationally.
 
So that once the non domiciliary account has been successfully reactivated, you will proceed to make transfer by yourself.
 
Therefore forward to me the bellow information for proceedings:
 
1) Your Full Name:
2) Present address:
3) Telephone:
4) Occupation:
5) Age:
6) Country of Origin
 
Yours sincerely,
Mr Davis Harrison



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