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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: rosemary.nama@yahoo.co.th
Date: 20 Apr 2011 04:24:40 -0500
Subject: JUF News : Mayor Daley's visit to Israel

JUF logo

This page was sent to you by: rosemary.nama@yahoo.co.th

Message from sender:
beloved in christ jesus I am Miss Rosemary Nama 20 years old from freetown-Sierra Leone. I am the only surviving Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nama.gueu. (both late; my Father worked with Chevron Corporation for twenty years before he died in a motor accident with my mother in the year 2010. My late Father deposited the sum of US$7.5 (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) with a financial house in Cote D Iviore. After the death of my parents, I have thought of investing the money in your country and my aim of contacting you is to be my foreign business partner and guardian in claiming the money for onward investment which will be for the benefit of both of us as ONE family and I will appreciate should you accept my business proposal. Base on this I am ready to offer you 25% of the total money again due to the fact that this country Cote d Iviore is under political crisis making the life of innocent citizen un-safe, I will appreciate your kind attention to this mail. After hearing from you I will send to you the Deposit slip, the agreement between my late father and the financial House full contact details where my late father deposted the money for you to contact them for the claiming of the money and then you will arrange my coming over to your country for the investment and to continue my education. With all due respect, I wait to hear from you Thanks and God bless. FROM Rosemary Nama

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