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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: "craiganstores_purchasee dpt." <craiganstores_purchasee@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: craiganstore@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:20:10 +0000
Subject: orders..

Hello sales,
This is Omar Moore from craiganstore nig Ltd. I will like to tell
you that we are willing to order some of your products into our store in
lagos state, nigeria. And i will like to let you know that we can only make
payment with verified credit card and i hope you accept that as mode of
payment, So i will like you to reply me with your website or item list if
you will be able to ship to our store in nigeria so that i can choose the
product we wih to order. Hope to read from you soon.
Thanks.
(purchase department)


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