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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. B. B. Sakuma." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sak.72660bin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 08:09:57 +0700
Subject: We can do it

My dear Friend,

I’m Mr. Belhaim Bin Sakuma, Please accept my deepest greetings and permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. Due to my crumbled business here, I am interested and have decided to establish a profitable and viable business as a means of investment abroad. I do not know too well on how this is done in your country, so I will need you to help me in this regard. However, I will be most appreciated if you can come up with any good business idea to invest twelve million eighth hundred thousand United States dollars. Tell me more about your country and the kind of fast growing business there that I can invest on. I will be expecting your reply and your interest in my suggestion to enable us go into details.

Best Regards,

Mr. B. B. Sakuma.

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