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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: "info.update-2332014@libero.it" <info.update-2332014@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 07:44:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Hello My Dear Friend,



Hello My Dear Friend,

My name is Mr,John D.Wild; I am Head of Treasury Operations Unit with Nat west
Bank, London UK. I have a business deal of ($14.2million US Dollar) in one of
the account here in my department in UK. This Fund was discovered when
carrying
out Auditing of Books of Account here in my department.

However,If you can permit me I will use your information’s as the beneficiary
of the fund. And arrange all the legal documents to transfer the Fund to your
account as the beneficiary, and both of us will share the Fund, if you are
interested please respond back to me. Reply me at my private email: (john.
wild2013@yandex.com) I await your reply

to enable me send you more details
Best Regards,

Mr,John D.Wild

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