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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: "Barrister Ibrahim Abu Taha" <stopgazeta@pressa.rmt.ru>
Reply-To: barristeribrahim.abutaha@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 18:08:11 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,
I am Ibrahim Abu Taha, a Private lawyer to late Mr. Jae Hyuk Lee, a national of your country, who was the owner and Director of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) distribution businesses in Accra Ghana, on 26th of August 2008 my client and his family were involved in a car accident unfortunately they lost their lives, before the death of my client he had the sum of $10.5Million in a financial firm which is the money he use for the purchase of Petroleum products, after his death, I have made unsuccessful effort to locate real relative of my late client all to no avail therefore I want to present you as the next of kin to my late client to enable the bank release the money because the financial firm where the money is deposited threaten to confiscate the money any moment from now because of lack of beneficiary status and I will not want this money that belongs to your country man to waste.
If you agree to work with me, this consignment will be released to you as the beneficiary, then you and I will share the money 45% to you 50% to me and 5% for any expenses that may be made during the transaction. So Please if you are interested, I need the following information:

Your full name:......................Age:.......................
Occupation:............................Private e-mail address:........................
Mobile phone number:............................Your country of residence:........................

To confirm that everything I told you is the truth I will send to you the last check which Mr. Jae Hyuk Lee signed before death and a copy of his international passport .
I await your reply .

Thanks.

Best Regards
Barrister Ibrahim Abu Taha.
Attorney at law/Notary Public

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