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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: "cw h" <cwh24122006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: cwh24122000@aim.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:18:49 +0000
Subject: Proposal to be my partner

HELLO,

PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR NOW AND DO NOT ASK MY NAME. WHAT I HAVE MAY BE
OF INTEREST TO YOU. IT IS A BUSINESS PROPOSAL THAT WILL  BE BENEFICIAL
TO YOU AND I.

I LIVE IN SHANGHAI,CHINA BUT I AM KOREAN. I AM 49 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE
BEEN WORKING IN A BANK IN CHINA FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS  WHERE I AM
PRESENTLY AN ACCOUNTS MANAGER. I WILL GIVE YOU MY FULL DETAILS ON YOUR REPLY
TO THIS LETTER. MY AIM OF CONTACTING  YOU IS TO SOLICIT YOUR
CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE BASED ON ONE OF THE ACCOUNTS UNDER MY MANAGEMENT
CONTAINING $12MILLION  (TWELVE  MILLION DOLLARS) WHICH HAS REMAINED DORMANT
FOR THE LAST THIRTEEN YEARS. THIS ACCOUNT WAS OWNED BY THE LATE MRS.
JASMINE JUANITA CASTELLA AND FOLLOWING MY INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT
THAT SHE DIED ON MAY 1992 VIA A CAR CRASH IN THE BAHAMAS  AND SHE HAD NO
CHILDREN OR LEFT ANY NEXT OF KIN FOR THE VERY ACCOUNT CONTAINING THE
FUNDS.

I WILL INFORM YOU MORE ON HOW WE CAN GET THE MONEY IN HER ACCOUNT
TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU AGREE TO CO-OPERATE  WITH ME ON THIS ON
YOUR REPLY TO THIS MAIL.

I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU MORE PERSONAL DETAILS OF ME AND THE TRANSACTION ON
YOUR REPLY.

PLEASE TREAT THIS AS CONFIDENTIAL,URGENT AND OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.


YOURS SINCERELY.
CWH.

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