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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: "ANN SANGO" <a_sango01@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:46:02 +0200
Subject: FROM:ANN SANGO

FROM:ANN SANGO
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST
NOTE:PLEASE KINDLY REPLY ME WITH THIS MY DIRECT EMAIL (a_sango01@yahoo.fr )

DEAR,
I AM ANN SANGO THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR AND MRS ADMAS..SANGO
PLEASE AND PLEASE DO NOT BE EMBARASED,I AM SEEKING YOUR ATTENTION TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE SUM OF($12.5,000,000,00 US DOLLARS)TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE AMERICAN DOLLARS. IN YOUR ACCOUNT.PLEASE IT IS MORE THAN URGENT,
MOREOVER, DEAR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU,
Ann Sango (a_sango01@yahoo.fr )
THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU
YOURS
Ann Sango


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