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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: "Dr.Price James" <pricejames09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pricegroup_org@web2mail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:02:46 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend

LETTER OF INTENT
FROM THE DESK OF
DR. JAMES PRICE
EMAIL: investor_price@mail8.com

REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT!

My name is Dr. James Price, a 50 year old British born citizen. I head a Seven-man Tenders Board Committee in charge of contracts Award,Vetting,Evaluating and payments,I am a managing director of Shell Petroleum in (Africa).

Your name came highly recommended hence I am contacting you for an Urgent business proposal (please my apologies for reaching you through this manner).The purpose of this letter to you is to simply ask your hand in partnership towards the transfer of funds to the tune of US$35,500M
equivalent (Thirty-Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), into a foreign account that you will provide.

The funds are ready and with your unalloyed cooperation the source of the funds will be made genuine and legitimate,then the transfer is a 100% hitch-free,timely and totally legitimate too. Needless to say, you don't have entertained any fear as I am quite conversant with all laws governing money transfer or money laundering of any sort.

We have designed this transaction in such a way that we shall be successful and its proceed, we shall enjoy with absolute peace of mind even after the successful completion of it all. Also, if you follow my instruction accordingly and promptly, we have design this transaction to meet with at the most 10-21 banking days from the receipt of what I will require of you.

At this time I can not divulge further information regarding this proposal until there exists an understanding and trust between us for security reasons.But after receiving this mail and have perused through it and you are interested,please do respond back via my private email:
investor_price@mail8.com ONLY! If otherwise, please do regard this as trash and treat as such and my sincere apologies for contacting you at all.

On the other hand, should this proposal meet your interest we have decided to give you a negotiable percentage from the entire sum, hoping that this will be satisfactory.
Thank you for your much anticipated urgent response.

Respectfully,
Dr. James Price
E-mail: investor_price@mail8.com

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