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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: "Dr. Davis Umar" <davis4@tsamail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: davis_umar2004@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:38:32 +0100
Subject: Your Urgent Assistance Needed.

Dear Friend,
I am a Director with the Department of Power and Steel and
I represent a group that is interested in engaging your
service as Manager of alarge volume of fund for investment
purpose.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to
me, so that we can work out a remuneration for your
participation in the transaction,and also let you know on
how we hope to acheive this objective.

Please reply and as well send your telephone and fax number
respectively for further contacts.


Yours faithfully,
Dr Davis Umar


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