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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: "MR JANG" <fountainseed70@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: fountainseed1@indiatimes.com
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:10:41 -0700
Subject: JANG



THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO

I AM SENDING YOU THIS EMAIL BASED ON TRUST THAT I HAVE IN YOU.MY NAMES
IS MR JANG.A KOREAN NATIONAL AND THE ACCOUNTING MANAGER AT FABI OF
SWEDEN.I AM INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU BECAUSE I AM IN A DEEP

FINACIAL DISTRESS.

WITH MY POSITION IN THIS COMPANY,I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED THE SUM OF

($12.3M USD).THIS AMOUNT WAS ACCUMULATED THROUGH UNDELARED WINDFALL FROM

THE SALE OF CRUDE OIL DURING THE GULF WAR WHICH NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT EXEPT

ME.I WAS ABLE TO GET THIS FUNDS BECAUSE I HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO MY
COMPANY FUNDS ACCOUNT.I HAVE ALREADY DEPOSITED THESE FUNDS INTO A TRUST

AND FINANCE COMPANY IN THE OTHER PART OF EUROPE FOR A SAFE KEEPING.
WHAT I NEED FROM YOU IS TO HELP CLAIM THIS FUNDS FROM THE FINANCE
COMPANY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE I AM STILL WORKING IN THIS COMPANY TO
AVOID BEEN SUSPECTED BY MY CONPANY'S AUTHORITY.

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT I NEED A RELIABLE AND A TRUST WORTHY
PERSON OR A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO THIS BUSINESS WITH,FOR THIS REASON,I

DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU,SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED AND
INTERESTED IN THIS DEAL,THEN I AM PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.
WHAT I WANT FROM YOU IS THE ACCURANT THAT YOU WILL LET ME HAVE MY OWN
SHARE WHEN THIS FUND ($12.3M USD) FINALLY GETS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.IF THIS

LETTER SATISFIES YOU.PLEASE GET BACK TO IMMEDIATELY TO ENABLE ME PROVIDE

THE FINANCE COMPANY'S CONTACT INFORMATION TO YOU .

I AM OFFERING YOU 30% FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE FOR THIS TRANSACTION.

PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

YOURS SINCERELY
MR JANG.



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