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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: milliadams61@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2020 13:32:59 +0000
Subject: Dear friend contact my secretary for the delivering of your VISA CARD
Value Sum Of $2.500,000.00.USD.

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Dear friend contact my secretary for the delivering of your VISA CARD Value
Sum Of $2.500,000.00.USD.


I'm sorry but happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Paraguay
though I tried my best to involve you in the Gold/Diamond,business but God
decided the whole situations. Presently am in United Arab Emirates for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum of the money.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that everything failed us somehow. Now
contact my secretary in Burkina Faso. Mr. Arham Zara by name: His e-mail
arhamzara@aol.com
Ask him to send you the VISA CARD Total Of $2.500,000.00.USD. which i kept
for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempt to assist me in
this matter. I deeply appreciate your efforts at that time very much. So
feel free and get in touched with my secretary; Mr. Arham Zara and
instruct him where to send the VISA CARD Value Sum of $2.500,000.00.USD.

Now this amount is me and the new partner contribute and offer you this
amount $1.500.000.00.USD. Is from my own share while my new partner
supported you also with sum of $ 1000000.USD. From his own share also
because I explain the whole facts to him that you are the first person I
contacted that wanted to assist me while you could not make it and he said
okay there's no problem.

So you have to keep the whole secret about my success, because I knew only
you know how I made this money so try to keep everything very secret. I
believe you understand the reason why this huge amount of funds was kept
for you? Please do let me know immediately you receive the VISA CARD so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time; In this
moment of time, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects
which myself and the new partner are having at hand, finally;

Remember that I have already forwarded the instruction to the secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to keep in touch with him,
so that he will send the VISA CARD Value of $2.500,000.00.USD. Two Million
Five hundred Thousand United State Dollars to you without any delay.

Regards,

Mr. Shayan William.

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