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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 Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adamsgeorge180@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:13:07 -0700
Subject: Partnership/assistance needed

Dear Sir/Madam,
It’s my honor to introduce myself, my name is Mr. George Adams, from South Africa, and I am the personal account manager to the late Omar Bongo Ondimba, the President of Gabon, who died on 08/06/2009.  The late President, my client was seriously ill before he died of heart attack around 2:30 pm (1230 GMT) at the Quiron clinic in Barcelona Spain. Have a look at this Website: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/06/200968162249511307.html
My client built a personal fortune out of Gabon oil boom; he detailed everything to me with regards to his acquired millions of dollars of Real Estate in London, Paris and on the French Riviera.
The reason for contacting you is for your partnership/assistance, because of the hit and the political investigations going on about my late client. At this moment in Gabon, Meanwhile here is the deal. My client did an oil business deal recently for the sum of US$120Million Dollars (One Hundred and Twenty Million United States Dollars Only), with some top Chinese foreign oil buyers before he died, and the money they paid is still with my finance institution accounts. My late client has maintained close ties with former colonial ruler France and attracted investors with a Eurobond as well as its long-established oil industry. 
The country Gabon also has a US$1 billion Eurobond, which is due to mature in 2017 and which the government is in the process of buying back, so I believe that there will be more business deals between you and me. I am offering you 40% for this business transaction since the fund was deposited as a way of buying military equipments by my late client. I have also discussed this with the financial institution where this money was deposited and they are ready to do the transfer provided I forward to them power of authorization to transfer the fund to another foreign account, So you have nothing to worry about because I am in possession of every important information regarding this fund, but an investment account will be opened on your behalf here to avoid any confrontation with the authorities.
Note: This is very Confidential, as I will not want any of this information to get to any other person and I want you to understand that this transaction is 100% risk free.
Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another foreign business partner for this same purpose. Get back to me as soon as you receive this mail with your full name, address, phone (cell) and fax numbers.
Sincerely,
George Adams
Private Phoneline: +27-78-631-3199

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