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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: "Mr. Paul Kin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulkin2007@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:30:11 -0500
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal

Urgent Business Proposal.
 
My name is Mr. Paul Kin, I work with the investor's center of the London stock exchange group Plc. We have for some years now, been dealing with some unclaimed shares running to the tune of 20.18 Million Thousand Pounds and recently my boss secretly decided to sell it off with the intention that the two of us will make use of the fund for investment outside the stock house.
 
An American investor has paid for the unclaimed shares in Dollars and the cash has been received and saved in Dutch Bank Sweden for onward movement outside the Country. But unfortunately, my boss passed away two months ago, and the family has read his last testament (WILL) without mentioning anything about this cash deposited in Dutch Bank Sweden.
 
So at this point, I was the only person that knows this deal and where this money is. But,  since I cannot do it alone, I contacted my boss wife and told her all that transpired while her husband was alive and I am the only trusted partner who knows about this money because of this, she has given me the go ahead order to make sure I get a trusted person  overseas who will receive this fund and share it, so that her family will make use of their own share of the money to complete her husband’s intention and his soul will rest in peace.
 
The total amount in Dollars is US$25M and this amount is still available in Dutch Bank Sweden. Rely as soon as possible, while a legal practitioner will use this details to get a legal permit for you to receive this cash outside this Country for our sharing. You will be given 30% out of the total sum.
 
Your co-operation is highly expected to help this widow and her children.
 
Yours truly,
Mr. Paul Kin

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