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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Donald Aithnard" <info.agriculture_gov@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 08:21:04 GMT
Subject: Business


Dear Friend,

I am seeking for your honest and trustworthy in a confidential business, I am intending to move a huge sum of money from my country to your country for safety keeping, this fund was moved from my bank to Rio De Janeiro Brazil to a client through a courier services department, the package containing the fund was returned back to me due to the recipient did not turn up to receive or claim the funds, since then I deposited the funds with a save fund department.

Now I have decided to retire and settle down in your country and I want to move the fund out confidentially, you can receive the fund and secure it until I will come over to meet you in person, we can also invest part of this funds into any lucrative business you can advise as partners only if your are willing to cooperate with me on this assignment kindly get back to me urgently for more details.

Best Regards
Mr Donald Aithnard,

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