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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: edemahgreat@tiscali.it
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:10:45 +0200
Subject: DO THIS FOR US

Dear Partner,

I guess this letter may come to you as surprise since I had no previous
correspondence with you. I am the chairman tender board of the independent
national electoral commission (INEC). I got your contact in my search for
a reliable person handle a very confidential transaction involving the transfer
of the sum of $14,500,000 dollars (Fourteen Million Five hundred Thousand
United States Dollars)

The above fund is not connected with arms, drugs or money laundering. It
is the product of an over invoiced contract awarded in 1999 by (INEC) to
a foreign company for the supply of electoral materials that were used for
conducting the 1999 elections. The contract has long been executed and payment
of the actual contract amount has been made to the foreign contractor leaving
the balance of US$14.5 million which my colleagues and I now want to transfer
out of Nigeria into a reliable foreign account for our personal use.
As civil servants we are not allowed to run foreign accounts.

Hence we have chosen to front and support you as the beneficiary to this
fund. If you are interested in the proposal kindly get back to me by sending
me your letter of acceptance along with your direct telephone and fax numbers,
we have decided to share the money in the following order, 60% for us 30%
for you the account owner and 10% for all local and international expenses.

Further details about this transaction will be discussed in subsequent correspondence.
Note also that the particular nature of your business is irrelevant to this
transaction and this transaction is expected to be concluded within 14 working
days since all local contacts and arrangements are in place for a smooth
and successful conclusion of this transaction. Contact me via email with
your contact telephone and fax numbers, so that I can call you.

Sincerely,
Dr. Edemah Great.

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