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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: "Allan Mutula" <a_mutula@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:03:42 +0000
Subject: Affaire

Repondez dans ma boite electronique je vous prie
a_mutula@yahoo.fr <mailto:a_mutula@yahoo.fr>
Côte d'ivoire
Abidjan
Afrique occidentale

Je souhaite demander pour votre aide dans l'exécution d'une transaction financière. Je souhaite investir dans la fabrication et la gestion de biens immobiliers dans votre pays.
J'ai dix sept million cinq cents mille dollars américains(17,500,000$USA)que je voudrais investir dans la transaction et vous en contre partie
de votre aide en recevant les fonds sur votre compte dans votre pays. Je vous donnerai généreusement 15% de toute la somme pour votre aide. veuillez s'il vous plait me contacter immédiatement sur mon adresse privée E-mail:
a_mutula@yahoo.fr <mailto:a_mutula@yahoo.fr> pour davantage d'explication.

En attendant votre réponse immédiates
Que Dieu vous benisse.


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