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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: "Mihail Vadim" <mihail.vadim@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:40:57 -0500
Subject: partnership to re-profile

Attn VICTIMNAME.

Sir,
I am Mihail Vadim, I represent a top company executive in Russia. I have a
very sensitive and private brief from this top executive to ask for your
partnership to re-profile legitimately accrued funds over fifty million
euros.

I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via a bank in
western europe, and this is a legitimate partnership request. You will be
paid 8% for your "management fees", if I am able to reach terms with you.

If you are interested, please write me back by email and provide me with
your telephone number, and private email address and I will provide further
details. Please keep this close to your chest as much as possible; we can
not afford any political problems in our country.

Write me back.I look forward to it.

Regards,

Mr. Mihail Vadim.

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