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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: dav songlo <david_jsonglo5@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <david_jsonglo@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:06:00 +0100
Subject: From David (URGENT REPLY NEEDED)



Dear Sir,
My name is David Songlo a lawyer and financial consultant, I have a female client who is willing to invest in your company or country on a partnership basis.
Sequel to this she has asked me to look for and recommend a reputable And reliable person/company who can conveniently and sincerely be inPartnership with her in the investment.

We shall be obliged to explain to you into details once we have a favorable Response from you about the investment intent.

I do apologize for intruding into your privacy without any prior notification. However,if you are interested in our request kindly contact me via email for further details on how to proceed.

Looking forward to your response.

Yours Faithfully,

David Songlo


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