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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: "Mr. George F. Anthony (Esq.)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carlmarsh01@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 02:48:24 -0300
Subject: All I need from you is to be honest in all my dealings with you.

Dear Sir/madam,
 
 
 
I am Barr. George F. Anthony, a Canadian Attorney based in Manchester, United Kingdom and the personal attorney to late Mr. Mark, a citizen of your country. Late Mr. Mark herein after referred to as my client was a private oil consultant/ contractor with the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Saudi Arabia before his death, Unfortunately, my client with his wife and three children lost their lives in a plane crash in 2014 and several attempts to locate any of his relatives as directed by his Bank has been futile. I had made enquires with his country Embassy and none of his relatives could be traced. Consequently, I decided to contact you purely on the personal conviction of trust and confidence that we can work together with better understanding to secure the fortunes left behind by my late client so that other people especially the bank officials will not divert the fund for their personal and private use. To this effect therefore, I will want to present you as the next of kin t o the deceased and the be
 
 
 
You will be required to quickly send me the following information to enable me start with the paperwork process;
 
 
1) Your full name
2) Your direct/Private telephone number and fax number.
3) Your full address.
4) Occupation
5) Age/ date of birth I shall be looking forward to your earliest response.
 
 
 
Best regards,
 
Mr. George F. Anthony (Esq.)
Email: carlmarsh01@yandex.com

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