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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: "Mr James Dumbar" <james6dumbar@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesdumbar@myway.com
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:05:32 +0000
Subject: WITH TRUST & REPLY ME

From: Mr. James Dumbar.
No: 45 B Ibis Avenue
Industrial Layouts.
B.P. 1056. Lome-Togo.

Dear Sir/madam ,

Humble greetings to you. With due respect, I am Mr. James Dumbar, An
accountant “NORTH ATLANTIC SECURITIES SARL?here in Lome-Togo. And a very
good friend of our company Late Mr. Levy Shimony, who died on the 15th of
December 2003 with his entire family in plane crashed.

Meanwhile, I secretly knew concerning his deposit fund under the care of our
company (US$10.500, 000.00M), “Ten million five hundred thousand
dollars?deposited under our security company. My Dear, since death clear out
him and his family, I decided to seek for a very reliable trustworthy
person, to stand as his bonafide next of kin, since there is none of his
relative applying for the claim.

However, if such deposit happens to stay longer it will be confiscated by
the government as unclaimed deposit. Upon this discovery, I have agreed to
make business with you and release the box into your care as the heir of the
box, since no one came for it or discovered he deposited such thing with our
Firm. I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus 40% for
you as foreign partner, 60% for me.

Happily, confirm your interest towards my mutual request with you before I
will release all the deposit information’s to you for the easier claim of
this noble transaction.

Looking forward to hear your positive response.

Best Regard,
Mr. James Dumbar.

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