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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: "BEN B JAMIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Lawrencejue@accountant.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:15:24 -0800
Subject: PRICE FOR CAT OWNERS

Late Iconic Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld Left his $200 million fortune to his cat

Benjamin B.
It has emerged that Iconic Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld who died at the age of 85 on Tuesday, left some of his $200m (153m) pounds fortune to his cat

The German designer who was the creative director of Chanel and Fendi because a devoted cat owner after the Choupette was givin to him 2012

He has secretly lay down the sum of (Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to the first 55 cat owner, Contact The accountant in charge Lawrence G Jue .

Contact Name: Lawrence G Jue
Contact Email: Lawrencejue@accountant.com

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