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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "barrister william ibru" <williamibru10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerwilliamprivate11@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:33:53 +0000
Subject: I AWAIT YOUR REPLY

Hello, my names are barrister William ibru from ibrus chambers associates
Nigeria. I have an offer to make to you to act as next of kin on behalf of
my late client Mr. Patrick Adams, so that the bank would pay his money
valued at 450,000 USD into your account and both of us would share it 60%
for me and 40% for you. Let me know if can trust you or not? I await your
reply.

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