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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: "lewis jax" <lewisjax_42@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:14:04 +0000
Subject: hey

Your slowness to responding to my emails does not show seriousness. I have
sent you emails and no reply from you? Please I just want us to move ahead.
Maybe you are no longer interested, I am time conscious and what I do, I do
not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, I
cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control
of my destiny. These chances won't pass me by.I ask that you do not destroy
my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with
my life but do not destroy the chance by delaying me.I am a family man and
this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a
reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. I have
evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to
work with me and alerting someone else. I am the only one who knows of this
situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has
planted you into the center of relevance in my life.Let?s share the blessing
please do not hesitate.
If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a
conclusion

waiting anxiously for signals,
jax


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