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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: "Alberto Fabio Riccardo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <italian@onet.eu>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:16:56 -0800
Subject: Italy Earthquake Tragedy.

(RTF)
Italian Rescue Task Force /
Emergency & Rescue Team
Civitavecchia, ITALY.

Our Personal/Confidential Request on Italy Earthquake Tragedy

Dearest Friend,

We plead for your kind indulgence to inform you of a credible beneficial business (deal) we realized from the recent earthquake that hit Italy on 17th of August, 2016 last year; which we would like to transact the business with your company if you show all welling interest and able to handle it.

We have a Mutual/Beneficial Business Project that would be beneficial to you. I only have three questions to ask you, if you are interested.

1. What is your age?
2. Can you handle this project?
3. Can we impose our trust on you?

Please why we asked these questions is because; the deal requires high level of maturity, honesty and secrecy. This will involve moving some money from here in Italy on trust to a trusted person(s) bank account.

This money was discovered underground from one of the collapse Mortgage finance company. Also note that we have done everything to make sure that the money is moved out of ITALY as a purely legitimate fund as we have kept the fund for some months now to work out the delivery cost and process, so that the recipient you will not be exposed to any risk. We request for your full co-operation as we will give you details and procedure when we received your reply. To commence this transaction, we required you to immediately indicate your interest in your return mail as we will be waiting for your response in a timely manner.

Please reply urgently if interested to know the full details of the deal and we will send you comprehensive details of the business schedule.

We look forward hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Alberto Fabio Riccardo
Director of the Operation
(RTF)
Italian Rescue Task Force /
Emergency & Rescue Team
Civitavecchia, ITALY.
Date: 16/02/2017

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