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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: sam112@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:08:15 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=3AALICE?=

FROM:ALICE

DEAR ,

THIS IS ,ALICE .S . EGOBIA THE SON OF LATE MRS. EGOBIA ALINA, OF ANGOLA
REPUBLICE.WRITING TO YOU FROM ABIDJAN COTE D'IVIORE WEST AFRICA.

BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATION I GOT ABOUT YOU
AND THE QUICK GROWTH OF BUSINESS,INVESTMENT AND COMMERCE IN
YOUR COUNTRY,I DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO WRITE AND INFORM YOU
ABOUT MY INTEREST TO INVEST IN ANY VIABLE VENTURE IN JOINT
PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.IN REFERENCE OF THE TRANSFER OF USD$5.9
MILLION DOLLARS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT
IN YOUR COUNTRY.

PLEASE, IT IS MORE THAN URGENT,I PROPOSE 10% OF THE TOTAL
SUM AS YOUR SHARE FOR YOU ASSISTANCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED FULL AND IMMEDIAT CO-
OPERATION.

YOURS SINCERELY
ALICE.S. EGOBIA




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