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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: "John Dulumi" <johndulumi@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: micdulumi@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:21:14 +0000
Subject: Over Due Inherittance Funds

From the desk of: Dr. Michael Dulumi.
All Standard Security Inc.
Over Due Inherittance Funds

Dear Friend,

I saw your email contact as I was searching for someone to help me carry out
an urgent business proposal. This is to notify you that over due
inherittance funds has been gazzeted to be released, via key telex transfer
( ktt ) - direct wire transfer to you by All Standard Security, Inc. for
foreign over due inherittance fund.

Meanwhile, a depositor died in an auto crash (Mr. Henry Williams ) without
any trace of next of kin, the banking ethics here does not allow such money
to stay more than five years, because money will be recalled to the bank
treasury as unclaimed after this period.

Hence I contacted you because as a foreigner you stand a better position to
be presented to claim the sum of US$9,000,000 (Nine Million Dollars) since
the deceased is also a foreigner. All I require is your honest cooperation
to enable us see this dealt through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. please get in touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further.

I expect you openly write back to me if it is convenient for you in carrying
out this divine task for me. It will be more suitable if you write me back
we shall proceed to issue all payments details to you as soon as I hear from
you. I will require your telephone and fax numbers so that we can commence
communication immediately. Please honesty is the watch word in this
transaction.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. Michael Dulumi.
Auditor General.


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