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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: kevinmalupa001@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 10:26:52 -0700
Subject: REPLY ASAP.

Dear Sir,

I am the confidant of the ex-president of the philippines (Mr. Estrada)
who was removed from power as you may know. He has secretly in formed me
to contact you and to liase with you to invest the sum of $21M (Twenty one
million dollars) which he deposited in a bank during his tenure.

Now the proceedures are that you will be given the contact of the bank so
that you will contact them to open an account online where the money will
be transfered into from his account since he can not come out in the open
to use this money. After you open this account, I will order the bank in
a written form to transfer the money into your own account afetr which you
can then transfer it to some other account in your place for sharing.

Upon request by you I can send to you the certificate of
deposit of this amount for your assurance.
We are willing to conceed up to 25% of the total sum to you for all the
anticipated help from you hoping that it will cover all your expenditures
before and after the transaction. However, we will desire that you will
help us invest our share till we will be free to meet you up in your country
for futher talks,Please if this proposal is Ok by you, please write me immediately
so that i can give all informations.

Regards .

Kevin Malupa


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