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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: Brenda <c.pruecklmaier@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "brendajeff90@yahoo.com" <brendajeff90@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:56:45 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Dearest Beloved one


Dearest Beloved one
I am Miss Brenda Jeff Johnson with my younger brother Jones Johnson We are
orphans, being that we lost our parents during the political crises in this
country in the year 2010.
Our father was a serving director general of SOTRA transports Cooperation
until his death, a government owned transportation in the city of Abidjan,
Ivory Coast.

He was assassinated by the rebel during the political crises in my country.
Before his death on December 2014, he called me and informed me that he has
the sum of ($3.500,000.00) left in a PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY STOURAGE
HOUSE here in the country. He also gave me all the necessary but legal
documents that cover this fund at a PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY STOURAGE HOUSE

I am a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do, because
since the death of our father my brother and I stopped schooling for
security reasons.

Kind Regards,
Miss Brenda Jeff Johnosn



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