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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: S D <suled29@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <suledjibril@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:02:46 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT



Hello,It is of my pleasure of writing this letter to you regardless of the fact that you do not know me. However, I had your contact in my private research, of a person worthy of confidence which can handle a confidential transaction of this nature with regard to my capital spending program in the real estate and others.Although, I know that a transaction of this size could make no matter whom apprehensive and anxious, but I ensure you that all will go well at the end of this one.In fact I am Mr. DJIBRIL SULEMAN, international consultant, of Beninese nationality. I contact you to solicit you of an important business which offered to me since the year 2006. I hold at my disposal two canteens, one filled with diamond and the other of a sum of Seven US Million Five Hundred (7,500,000.00 USD) which entrusted to me beginning the year 2006, two Central African of the name of Mr. BABAKA Sabon and Mr. TOTEJA Dénis. These two Central African leaders of the Central African rebellion, were sought by the current mode, are flee and arrived at Benin at the beginning of year 2006 in their possession two canteens.On their arrival, they remained in my hotel with Cotonou, it is where they entrusted the canteens to me which we deposited in a finance company and of safety of the place where we declared goods personal. These two Central African was stopped in November 2006 by the justice of Benin following a recommendation of the justice of Central Africa because they on the spot prepared here courses of state in direction of Central Africa to assassinate the current president. A few times after, the authorities repatriated the two rebels in their country where they are entrusted by justice centrifricaine.Since their return to the country, I do not have any more theirs new of return to the Benin. According to my investigations near the sources close to the Central African newspapers, these two people are condemned to life.Then personally, I made my decision to make confidentially leave these two canteens out of the benign one by your assistance in order to invest the funds in the investments and to sell the stock of the diamond of 25,000.00 karats to the purchasers of the invaluable stones.I reassure you that I hold a signed procuration of these two people which will give me the full powers to act as their name for the sale and the placement of this money. But as I do not have a knowledge abroad, therefore I request your assistance to do it. I can thus reassure you that at the end of the operation I will authorize to you 40% of the entire amount like your personal reward.If you are interested to assist me for this transfer, want to write and be sent your coordinates well to me in order to carry out the change of recipient on the canteens before their withdrawal of the company and their forwarding towards your final destination.Please receive the my best greetings.Mr. SULEMAN DJIBRIL
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