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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: Maggie Wang<vglaso@basicisp.net>
Reply-To: maggiewang607@gmail.com
Date: 25 Oct 2019 09:42:48 -0700
Subject: Hope you are doing well


Good Morning,

My sincere apology if the contents of this mail doesn't meet your personal quirks but if you know to what extend I went to be able to locate you, you will appreciate the information I wish to share with you in this message.

In the year 2009 the subject matter, a billionaire from your country whom I presumed to be your relative because of the similarity in your last names came to our bank to engage in business discussions with a huge financial portfolio worth $13,991,674 (Thirteen million, nine hundred and ninety one thousand, six hundred and seventy four united states dollars) which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf. I was the officer assigned to his case. We turned the funds around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first year of operation which was repeated the following year, he requested that the funds be liquidated for onward transfer because he desired to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments. I undertook all the processes and had the assets liquidated, and surprisingly that was the last time we heard from him. Both the bank and myself did everything humanly possible to track him down all to no avail, and since he listed no next-of-kin in his bio-data form which is peculiar with high profile investors, I had no one to contact. It was few years after his surprise disappearance that a person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in Cannes, South of France;.

There is huge financial portfolio worth $13,991,674 (Thirteen million, nine hundred and ninety one thousand, six hundred and seventy four united states dollars) plus the accrued interest abandoned in our bank all these years and now my worst night-mare is about to happen as the bank want to revert the funds back into our treasury as unclaimed monies. This, has been giving me sleepless nights until I came up with the idea I wish to share with you. I will continue and/or give you the details or my idea once I hear back from you. Remain Bless.

Yours Sincerely,
Maggie.M.W

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