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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: "martin lang" <martinlang2000@prosport.ro>
Reply-To: privatemailbox@myway.com
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:55:05 +0300
Subject: email back

I am Barrister Martin Lang a lawyer to Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Wong who
was on board the ill-fated EgyptAir 99 that crashed killing all
passenger on board. You can visit the BBC website for the avoidance of
doubt:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm. Before the
incident he has Fifteen million US Dollars in one of Asian Banks and now
over Six years i dont know any of their relation to present as next of
kin since all efforts has proved abortive.

I am contacting you to present you as the next-of-kin to the late
client.If this is okay by you, get back to me so that i can give you
details of the bank, we also negotiate the percentage to benefit both
parties. Kindly treat this as very confidential.

Regard to your family,
Barrister Martin Lang
NOTE: REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: privatemailbox@myway.com
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