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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: info@bradley.org
Reply-To: bradley.katty@yandex.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:37:50 +0200
Subject: Grant Loan


Dear Friend, if you are reading my message that means you are on my friends=
list from my contacts, and you can feel happy again just as i am now, I'm =
doing pretty good, enjoying the moment of life. Have you heard about the fe=
deral government grant? Grant is specifically place for those who need assi=
stance paying for medical bills, buying a home,Salesman starting their own =
business, going to school, or even helping raise their children with old an=
d retired people. It is a new program from the Government with the help and=
support of the world bank and I received $150,000 when i applied for the g=
rant And you don't have to pay it back as long as you have a good credit re=
cord. I think you should contact the agent incharge his email address is jk=
entnew@yahoo.com And i believe he can help you get the grant money too. Mes=
sage him and tell him that a friend told you about these and you are here t=
o claim your money Please to be at the safe side keep this secret because s=
ome people don't want good things to there friends or neighbors I am very H=
appy cause when i receive the money from him, I quickly paid off all my old=
bills took the rest to my bank to save ... Smile I am Rich now, Please mak=
e sure that when you receive your money from him pay off all your old bills=
too and save the rest like i did cause i think this is a life time opportu=
nity don't miss use it. Have you dream about this before. I am happy for yo=
u because many people are waiting for this opportunity and they haven't com=
e across it However, I was told to pay for 12 hrs delivery fees before the =
FedEx can deliver my govt grant money, I choose 150,000.00 and the charges =
was $750 and i paid with faith. Thats all i did before i get my own money Y=
es I paid for case file fee and 12 hrs delivery service fee, I paid $750 an=
d get $150.000.00 cash and it was FedEx men that brought it to me at my doo=
r step and i made the payment via money gram and as soon as i made the paym=
ent FedEx manager contacted me to give a tracking code# to confirm time of =
delivery. Do not exitate, move now and apply. You can call The grant Agent,=
Jacob Kent on this number +16197178993 Yours Faithfully Katy Bradley.

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