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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: "MR MENE MURI" <mene11@gawab.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 07:24:39 +0700
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dear Sir,
l am Mr Mene Muri, from Congo Repbulic,actually l will like to invest in your country,Sir l will like to know the procedure of a non-Citizen investing in your country.
Sir, l got your e-mail address from your country's web-site,actaully after going through your web-site l was very delighted from the informination l got in your web-site,So l contacted you,because l cannot invest in your country without an assistant from someone from your country,l will like you to advice me on a very lucrative business there that l can invest and the procedure before the investment.
l thank you very much for having time to go through my e-mail and l hope to read your reply soon.God bless you.
Best regards,
Mr.Mene Muri.


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