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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: "James Mike." <agentjames@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: james_m7778@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 03:19:22 +0100
Subject: TSUNAMIS DISASTER HELP FUNDS

Dear Sir,

With sympathy and heavy laden hearts, we hereby appeal to your sense of
generosity to assist by donating any amount you can afford towards The
"TSUNAMIS DISASTER HELP FUNDS", which is aimed at assisting the victims of
the Asians Tsunamis which took place on Sunday the 26TH December, 2004 .

We are a non- governmental charity organisation with offices and
members across 5 continents namely Europe, North America, South America,
Africa and Asia. Our goal is to assist poor, innocent survivals of both
man-made and natural disasters. Our officials and members are scattered in
places in needs of human and material relief as seen in cases of Sudan (
Darfur ) and Haiti etc.

We would appreciate it, if you can send us an email For further
enquiries on how to make donations towards the Tsunamis Disaster Help Funds
( T D H F )
Reply to james_m7778@yahoo.co.uk
Yours Sincerely,

Mr. James Mike.


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