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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: exagon@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:43:45 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BE=20OUR=20PAYMENT=20AGENT?=

Dear Sir / Madam,


I am Mr. , we are a group of business men who deal on
raw materials and export into CANADA, AMERICA and
EUROPE.

We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our costumers over
there as well as making payments through you to us and
earn 10% of every payment made through you to us.

ADVICE: Please respond back to us immediately through
my e-mail addresses:yamahchan@mail.com




Subject to your satisfaction to assist us, you will be
given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which
we will be paying for your services as our
representative. If you are interested, please fill in
the blank spaces below:


1. Your Full Names............................
2. Your Full Contact Address........................
3.
State/Country.......................................
4. Your Phone/Fax Numbers...........................

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.


Yours sincerely,

Yamah Chan





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