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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: Patrick Jones <mr.jpeter196011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paa-joe@naver.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 16:37:08 +0100
Subject: Very Important Email-Read this..!!


*Greetings,Good day, I have a business offer of mutual interest to share
with youI am a retired banker with one of the leading banks in United
Kingdom; I have a transaction of Two million, five hundred thousand British
pounds (£2,500,000.00).I need you to stand as the beneficiary of the above
mentioned sum so that I will re-profile the funds with your data, to enable
the bank to transfer the sum to you. The processing of the transaction will
take up to 10 days for a successful completion of the fund transfer to your
bank account. Immediately the money is transferred into your bank account,
I will come over to meet you in country, for sharing of the money as
agreed, 40% for you while 60% for me. I shall furnished you with more
details as soon as you reply, to enable us to begin the transaction.I will
appreciate your urgent response.Mr. Patrick Jones*

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