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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: "igor filippeko" <susansmith@susanzone.com>
Reply-To: igorfilippenko@walla.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 01:19:38 +0000
Subject: Mail From: Mr. Igor Filippenko

Dear Sir,

I represent a top company executive in Russia. My name
is Igor Filippenko and I am the Personal Accountant to
the organization I have a very sensitive and private
offer from this top executive to ask for your
partnership to re-profile some offshore investment
funds worth over US$200,000,000 (Two Hundred Million
United States Dollars). I am constrained however to
withold most of the details for now. But in summary the
invested funds are in a bank in western Europe, we need
to terminate this investments and re-profile the funds
over to you for certain reasons. This is due to the
major shake ups and on going economic re-structuring
policy in Russia presently. This is a legitimate
transaction, if we are agreed on the terms you will be
paid 10% for "re-profiling and subsequent management of
the funds" . If you are interested, please write back
by email to:

igorfilippenko@walla.com

Provide me with your trusted personal telephone numbers
and email address and I will give you further details.
Please keep this close to your chest as much as
possible; we cannot afford any political problems.
Write me back. I look forward to it.
Best regards,

Igor Filippenko (Mr.)


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