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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Nelson Deen" <nelson@nelsondeen.com>
Reply-To: nelsondeen001@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 03:57:18 +0000
Subject: very urgent mail....

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Nelson C. Deen, a Solicitor and Attorney to CHARLES TAYLOR.I have been
mandated by Mr Charles Taylor Former Liberian warlord who is presently on Asylum here in
Nigeria.

I am contacting you because he has asked me to look for a very reliable Foreigner to assist
him in repatriating the money he has stashed away in a Security Company overseas.

He left behind with the security company were he deposited a Trunk Box Containing exactly
thirteen million US dollars(US$13.000,000).
Since he has been granted Asylum by the Nigerian Government he has not been allowed to
Travel out to any where because the united nations has been trying to hold him for crimes
against Humanity hence he is looking for a reliable Foreigner who will help him out by
claiming the funds on his behalf with the information and Back-up Documents of the funds.

He has asked me to offer you a total of 19% of the total sum and I am going to get the legal
aspect of this transaction done and if you know you are in a better position to help please
do not hesitate to reach me on this e mail address so that i can give you the next step to
take towards the actualisation of this mutually beneficial transaction.

I await your response as I ask you to keep this transaction confidential even if you are not in
a Position to be of assistance.

Regards,

Barrister Nelson C. Deen
 
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