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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: <>
Reply-To: www.lawmala@citromail.hu
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:58:19 -0700
Subject: PROPOSAL


Greetings to You,

It is my great pleasure to write this letter to you. Firstly I must solici=
t your strictest confidence in this subject, this is by virtue of its being=
utterly confidential and top secret, let me introduce my humble self to yo=
u, I am Barr. Lawrence Malayka, an attorney at law, a deceased client of mi=
ne, in person of; Engr. George Wood, who herein after shall be referred to =
as my Client, died as the result of Tsunami incident in Indonesia. I am Con=
tacting you to help assist me in ensuring that the funds lodged by my Clien=
t with his Financial and Security Firm is not declared unclaimed Hence my r=
eason for contacting you. This Financial Firm has issued me a Notice to con=
tact the next of kin or the account will be confiscated.


My Proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the Next-o=
f-kin hence the original next of kin of my late client also had died along =
side with him on that faithful morning; my effort to get his next of kin ha=
s since been proving difficult. No relatives or friends Could be traced for=
the claim of the said fund, as the beneficiary you Will have all access to=
make claim of the funds, Then we shall discuss how We can use the fund to =
help the needy on a based Charity programmed also for investment.


We plan on giving help to earthquake victims in countries like India, Paki=
stan or any other country afflicted with a natural cause disaster, the amou=
nt in question is a total of USD 48,650.000.00 (Forty-Eight Million, Six Hu=
ndred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) Only.


All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will =
be issued to you. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us See=
this transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate Arrange=
ment that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this proposition =
offends your moral values, do accept my apology, and ignore this mail. Howe=
ver if you are willing to assist me in this cause I will establish a Verbal=
telephone communication with you and bring you into a much better Picture =
of the situation.


I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business itself is 100% =
safe and fail proof, provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confiden=
tiality, your line of specialization does not matter as it cannot hinder th=
e successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in=
you and I hope you will not disappoint me in the nearest future.


Best Regards,
Barr. Lawrence Malayka Esq.
E-mail: lawmala@citromail.hu



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