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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: "INVESTMENT AND LOAN PLANNING" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bbkonlineloans@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 15:39:46 +0800
Subject: INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY AND LOAN GIVING| QQORHQKHCF

This is HTML source of message you composed. Do not modify here. To modify this message press HTML Messages Editor button.
BBKONLINE LOANS
AND MORTGAGES
LTD BAHRAIN.
 
 
(1) We offer loan of US$100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Dollars) -
US$100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Dollars).
 
(2) We also wish to invest in your country and do partnership with you.
 
If this interests you then you should send us an email.
E-mail;bbkonlineloans@rediffmail.com
 
Waiting for you and good luck!
 
Contact:
Mr. Farook Hassan
Head of Foreign Operations
e-mail;bbkonlineloans@rediffmail.com
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